Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$178.92
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.
$426.00
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.
$43.90 with Medica vs $429.90 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 |
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| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $48.11 | ↓ -73% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $63.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $83.68 | ↓ -53% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $119.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $158.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $188.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $188.66 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $190.00 | ↑ +6% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.36 | ↑ +8% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $193.65 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $193.65 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $193.65 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $193.65 | ↑ +8% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $193.65 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $195.96 | ↑ +10% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $197.52 | ↑ +10% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $199.46 | ↑ +11% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $203.33 | ↑ +14% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $203.33 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $221.52 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $221.52 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $255.60 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $302.46 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $319.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $362.10 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $429.90 | ↑ +140% |
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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $87.60 | $94.90 – $190.20 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $269.75 | $148.16 – $415.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $594.10 | $13.42 – $914.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $450.45 | $356.69 – $724.32 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $424.00 | $2.09 – $424.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,822.30 | $2.09 – $424.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $693.00 | $190.16 – $693.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $2,753.00 | $2.09 – $601.00 |