Ultrasound joint complete left at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$380.10
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.
$905.00
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.
$20.39 with Medica vs $769.25 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 | $20.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $100.97 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $100.97 | ↓ -73% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.95 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -73% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -73% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -73% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $105.62 | ↓ -72% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $105.70 | ↓ -72% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $106.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $108.81 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $108.81 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.60 | ↓ -71% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $135.75 | ↓ -64% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $230.06 | ↓ -39% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $231.04 | ↓ -39% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $253.40 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $286.06 | ↓ -25% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $391.02 | ↑ +3% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $391.02 | ↑ +3% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $391.02 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $416.30 | ↑ +10% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $449.68 | ↑ +18% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $449.68 | ↑ +18% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $449.68 | ↑ +18% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $449.68 | ↑ +18% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $470.60 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $470.60 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $543.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $642.55 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $678.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $769.25 | ↑ +102% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $218.40 | $101.79 – $142.51 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $208.00 | $93.79 – $320.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $642.85 | $391.55 – $989.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $825.50 | $96.27 – $1,270.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $642.85 | $509.04 – $1,033.70 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $193.70 | $59.90 – $298.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $642.85 | $98.96 – $989.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $425.75 | $101.16 – $655.00 |