Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$115.08
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.
$274.00
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.
$41.10 with Centene vs $232.90 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $41.10 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.72 | ↓ -56% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $50.72 | ↓ -56% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.72 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $52.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $52.07 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $52.07 | ↓ -55% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $52.07 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $52.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $53.11 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $53.63 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $54.67 | ↓ -52% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $54.67 | ↓ -52% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $60.10 | ↓ -48% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $76.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $81.21 | ↓ -29% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.04 | ↓ -26% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $115.60 | ↑ +0% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $126.04 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $142.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $142.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $154.84 | ↑ +35% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $154.84 | ↑ +35% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $154.84 | ↑ +35% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $164.40 | ↑ +43% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $178.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $178.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $178.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $178.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $178.10 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $194.54 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $205.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $205.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $232.90 | ↑ +102% |
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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $70.80 | $51.14 – $71.60 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $222.95 | $6.60 – $343.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $122.20 | $74.43 – $188.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $122.20 | $71.06 – $211.61 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $222.95 | $47.99 – $295.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $122.20 | $71.85 – $188.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $301.60 | $49.09 – $464.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $122.20 | $96.76 – $196.50 |