Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,040.76
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.
$2,478.00
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.
$78.81 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Millard Public Schools — 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 | $78.81 | ↓ -92% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $150.00 | ↓ -86% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $280.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $415.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $415.07 | ↓ -60% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $423.21 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $426.06 | ↓ -59% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $426.06 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $426.06 | ↓ -59% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $426.06 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $426.06 | ↓ -59% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $434.58 | ↓ -58% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $438.84 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $447.36 | ↓ -57% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $447.36 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $460.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $470.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $530.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $530.40 | ↓ -49% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $600.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $650.00 | ↓ -38% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $710.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $750.00 | ↓ -28% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $850.00 | ↓ -18% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $945.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +172% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +172% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +172% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +213% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +213% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +213% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +213% |
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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $451.20 | $418.48 – $488.80 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $2,662.07 | $0.71 – $1,216.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,673.75 | $2.28 – $1,197.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $4,996.55 | $9.09 – $1,639.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $2,521.00 | $9.09 – $1,197.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $740.35 | $267.67 – $1,139.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $778.05 | $616.10 – $1,251.10 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $958.00 | $192.56 – $958.00 |