Aco cont gluc mnt phys/qhp eqp 95250aco at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs

800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$144.06

Cash price

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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.

$343.00

Gross charge

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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.

$51.45 with Centene vs $291.55 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $51.45 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $96.04 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $122.35 ↓ -15%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $122.35 ↓ -15%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $124.75 ↓ -13%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $125.59 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $125.59 ↓ -13%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $125.59 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $125.59 ↓ -13%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $125.59 ↓ -13%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $128.10 ↓ -11%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $129.36 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $131.87 ↓ -8%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $131.87 ↓ -8%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $157.78 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $178.36 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $205.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $243.53 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $244.13 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $253.82 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $257.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $257.25 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $274.27 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|ACO $277.64 ↑ +93%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $278.81 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $291.55 ↑ +102%

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Aco cont gluc mnt phys/qhp eqp 95250aco at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $265.80 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $384.15 $118.79 – $591.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $549.00 $150.65 – $549.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $279.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $279.00 $339.45 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $793.00 $88.83 – $682.56
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $350.73 $106.81 – $283.65
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $494.68 $113.30 – $494.68

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