CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$178

about 0.8× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $58–$315

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$187

About the fair price

about $9 over the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $178 This hospital $187 Cash price $102 Hospital's list price $242

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $24 Priciest $187

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Breathing treatment (nebulizer) is about $178 (about 0.8× the $224 Medicare rate). CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs charges insurers about $187, or about $102 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Council Bluffs, IA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$111 - $198	50%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$198	89%
Humanamajor	$198	89%
Ambetter (Centene)	$36 - $204	16%
Amerigroup	$193 - $208	86%
Medica	$15 - $198	7%
Molina	$197	88%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$68 - $440

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 102), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs

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