X-ray bone age studies at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$90.30
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.
$215.00
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.
$31.73 with Medica vs $230.06 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|ACO | $31.73 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $32.25 | ↓ -64% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $35.69 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $44.19 | ↓ -51% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $49.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $52.23 | ↓ -42% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $60.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $61.33 | ↓ -32% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $61.33 | ↓ -32% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $61.33 | ↓ -32% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $70.53 | ↓ -22% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $70.53 | ↓ -22% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $70.53 | ↓ -22% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $70.53 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $98.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $100.97 | ↑ +12% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $100.97 | ↑ +12% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.95 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↑ +15% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↑ +15% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↑ +15% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $105.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $106.74 | ↑ +18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $108.81 | ↑ +20% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $108.81 | ↑ +20% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $111.80 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $111.80 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $129.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $152.65 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $161.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $182.75 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $230.06 | ↑ +155% |
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X-ray bone age studies at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $118.80 | $101.79 – $142.51 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $271.70 | $93.79 – $418.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $170.95 | $99.41 – $296.03 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $271.70 | $96.27 – $418.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $287.30 | $98.49 – $442.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $260.00 | $80.40 – $400.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $263.00 | $72.17 – $263.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $170.95 | $98.96 – $263.00 |