Valvuloplasty aortic at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$3,353.28
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.
$7,984.00
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.
$1,197.60 with Centene vs $14,441.69 with Timpte — 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 | $1,197.60 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,235.52 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $2,369.39 | ↓ -29% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $3,273.44 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $3,672.64 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $3,752.48 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $4,151.68 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $4,790.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $5,413.21 | ↑ +61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,413.21 | ↑ +61% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,519.35 | ↑ +65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5,556.47 | ↑ +66% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $5,556.47 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,556.47 | ↑ +66% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $5,556.47 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $5,556.47 | ↑ +66% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $5,667.60 | ↑ +69% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,668.64 | ↑ +69% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $5,723.16 | ↑ +71% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $5,834.29 | ↑ +74% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $5,834.29 | ↑ +74% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $5,988.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $5,988.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,786.40 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $9,391.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +231% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +231% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +231% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $12,335.36 | ↑ +268% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,807.00 | ↑ +282% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +331% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +331% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +331% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +331% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $5,762.40 | $5,457.61 – $6,242.60 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $5,714.80 | $3,138.74 – $11,372.26 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $9,287.00 | $1,866.69 – $11,049.67 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $6,036.55 | $372.43 – $11,049.67 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $6,413.40 | $5,457.61 – $6,947.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $2,791.20 | $928.00 – $3,395.96 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $7,236.84 | $1,142.79 – $4,767.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,842.40 | $1,142.79 – $5,012.94 |