Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$273.00
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.
$650.00
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.
$36.21 with Medica vs $864.40 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 |
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| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.21 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $39.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $67.65 | ↓ -75% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $126.28 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $207.46 | ↓ -24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $234.52 | ↓ -14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $234.52 | ↓ -14% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $270.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $293.15 | ↑ +7% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $320.21 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $333.74 | ↑ +22% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $338.25 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $379.33 | ↑ +39% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $379.33 | ↑ +39% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $383.35 | ↑ +40% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $386.77 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $389.37 | ↑ +43% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $389.37 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $389.37 | ↑ +43% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $389.37 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $389.37 | ↑ +43% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $397.16 | ↑ +45% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $401.05 | ↑ +47% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $408.84 | ↑ +50% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $408.84 | ↑ +50% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $696.51 | ↑ +155% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $864.40 | ↑ +217% |
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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $357.60 | $382.44 – $387.40 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $519.35 | $285.24 – $812.25 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $409.50 | $324.26 – $658.48 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $672.00 | $135.07 – $789.21 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $425.75 | $11.93 – $630.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $630.00 | $172.87 – $630.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $409.50 | $384.79 – $789.21 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $706.55 | $13.42 – $1,087.00 |