Ultrasound guide intraoperative at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$622.02
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.
$1,481.00
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.
$85.47 with Medica vs $1,235.05 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 | $85.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $113.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.78 | ↓ -81% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $169.99 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $210.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $217.95 | ↓ -65% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $406.84 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $668.38 | ↑ +7% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $755.56 | ↑ +21% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $755.56 | ↑ +21% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $871.80 | ↑ +40% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,031.63 | ↑ +66% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,089.75 | ↑ +75% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,235.05 | ↑ +99% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $472.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $636.35 | $349.50 – $979.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,801.00 | $15.22 – $1,801.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,170.65 | $15.22 – $1,801.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $516.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $516.60 | $292.74 – $500.05 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $631.80 | $228.42 – $972.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $614.83 | $41.25 – $405.02 |