X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$197.82
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.
$471.00
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.
$46.24 with Medica vs $400.35 with MultiPlan — 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 | $46.24 | ↓ -77% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $51.66 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $63.96 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $66.53 | ↓ -66% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $70.65 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.59 | ↓ -58% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $83.59 | ↓ -58% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.23 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -57% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $87.53 | ↓ -56% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $88.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $90.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $90.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $97.43 | ↓ -51% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $97.43 | ↓ -51% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $97.43 | ↓ -51% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $112.04 | ↓ -43% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $112.04 | ↓ -43% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $112.04 | ↓ -43% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $112.04 | ↓ -43% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $131.88 | ↓ -33% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $190.50 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $216.66 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $244.92 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $244.92 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $282.60 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $334.41 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $353.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $400.35 | ↑ +102% |
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X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $150.60 | $84.28 – $118.00 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $252.85 | $78.07 – $389.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $216.45 | $131.83 – $333.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $163.80 | $59.22 – $252.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $216.45 | $82.37 – $333.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $268.45 | $84.21 – $413.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $165.00 | $84.28 – $118.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $165.00 | $62.78 – $93.50 |