Tc-99m sulfur colloid at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$291.90
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.
$695.00
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.
$59.25 with Centene vs $1,239.81 with United — 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 | $59.25 | ↓ -80% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $110.60 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $181.70 | ↓ -38% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $205.40 | ↓ -30% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $205.40 | ↓ -30% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $237.00 | ↓ -19% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $280.45 | ↓ -4% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $296.25 | ↑ +1% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $335.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $395.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $626.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $656.23 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,239.81 | ↑ +325% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $201.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $855.40 | $305.38 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $855.40 | $338.65 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $855.40 | $323.34 – $962.84 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $855.40 | $242.08 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $855.40 | $326.93 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $855.40 | $201.02 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $855.40 | $440.27 – $894.06 |