Special radiation treatment at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,855.14
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,417.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$67.26 with Medica vs $3,754.45 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $67.26 | ↓ -96% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $216.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $216.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $216.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $248.60 | ↓ -87% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $248.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $248.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $248.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $270.90 | ↓ -85% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $283.68 | ↓ -85% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $549.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $549.22 | ↓ -70% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $559.99 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $563.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $563.75 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $563.75 | ↓ -70% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $563.75 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $563.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $575.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $580.66 | ↓ -69% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $591.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $591.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $662.55 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,236.76 | ↓ -33% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,251.53 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,031.82 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,296.84 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,296.84 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,650.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,871.05 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,136.07 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $3,268.58 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,312.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,754.45 | ↑ +102% |
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Special radiation treatment at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,415.40 | $553.72 – $775.21 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,665.95 | $495.71 – $2,563.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,848.60 | $508.81 – $2,844.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,905.15 | $67.73 – $2,931.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,960.40 | $534.63 – $3,016.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,545.60 | $553.72 – $775.21 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $561.60 | $30.46 – $479.48 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,171.48 | $30.46 – $2,171.47 |