X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$465.36
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.
$1,108.00
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.
$136.20 with Centene vs $771.80 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $136.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $169.01 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $169.01 | ↓ -64% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.33 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -63% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -63% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -63% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $176.96 | ↓ -62% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $178.69 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $182.16 | ↓ -61% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $182.16 | ↓ -61% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $183.08 | ↓ -61% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $243.23 | ↓ -48% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $254.24 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $272.91 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $285.79 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $301.16 | ↓ -35% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $385.15 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $417.68 | ↓ -10% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $422.19 | ↓ -9% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $422.19 | ↓ -9% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $422.19 | ↓ -9% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $472.16 | ↑ +1% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $472.16 | ↑ +1% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $485.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $485.52 | ↑ +4% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $485.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $485.52 | ↑ +4% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $544.80 | ↑ +17% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $644.68 | ↑ +39% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $681.00 | ↑ +46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $771.80 | ↑ +66% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $333.00 | $170.40 – $238.57 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $471.25 | $157.36 – $725.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $627.25 | $161.52 – $965.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,145.00 | $165.56 – $1,145.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $744.25 | $165.56 – $1,145.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $706.00 | $193.73 – $706.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $458.90 | $166.03 – $706.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $619.45 | $169.72 – $953.00 |