Venogram ext bil s&i at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,357.02
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.
$3,231.00
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.
$123.80 with Medica vs $3,360.90 with AMPS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $123.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $223.53 | ↓ -84% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $256.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $268.39 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $276.76 | ↓ -80% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $389.41 | ↓ -71% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $389.41 | ↓ -71% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $389.41 | ↓ -71% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $447.83 | ↓ -67% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $447.83 | ↓ -67% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $447.83 | ↓ -67% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $447.83 | ↓ -67% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $450.15 | ↓ -67% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $840.28 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,380.46 | ↑ +2% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,474.89 | ↑ +9% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,474.89 | ↑ +9% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,503.81 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,513.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $1,513.92 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,513.92 | ↑ +12% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,513.92 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,513.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $1,544.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $1,559.34 | ↑ +15% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,560.52 | ↑ +15% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,560.52 | ↑ +15% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,589.62 | ↑ +17% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $1,589.62 | ↑ +17% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,800.60 | ↑ +33% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,130.71 | ↑ +57% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,250.75 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,550.85 | ↑ +88% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,360.90 | ↑ +148% |
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Venogram ext bil s&i at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,220.40 | $781.95 – $1,486.98 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,936.35 | $43.03 – $3,056.08 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,332.60 | $1,443.65 – $1,486.98 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,332.60 | $135.78 – $755.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $897.96 | $57.15 – $1,287.61 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,883.90 | $57.15 – $2,883.90 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $319.20 | $57.15 – $1,545.62 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $2,023.66 | $57.15 – $1,496.66 |