Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour 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

$200.34

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.

$477.00

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.

$47.80 with Medica vs $405.45 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
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $47.80 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|ACO $52.58 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $53.68 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $67.58 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $67.58 ↓ -66%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $68.90 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $69.36 ↓ -65%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $69.36 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $69.36 ↓ -65%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $69.36 ↓ -65%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $69.36 ↓ -65%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $70.75 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $71.44 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $71.55 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $72.83 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $72.83 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $133.56 ↓ -33%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $153.98 ↓ -23%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $219.42 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $224.19 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $224.19 ↑ +12%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $224.19 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $248.04 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $248.04 ↑ +24%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $257.58 ↑ +29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $257.58 ↑ +29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $257.58 ↑ +29%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $257.58 ↑ +29%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $286.20 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $310.05 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $338.67 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $352.98 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $357.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $405.45 ↑ +102%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $120.00 $38.35 – $68.13
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $95.55 $53.80 – $4,237.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $340.60 $207.45 – $524.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $340.60 $198.07 – $589.81
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $126.75 $55.19 – $752.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $340.60 $200.27 – $524.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $191.75 $67.83 – $1,293.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $446.55 $67.96 – $687.00

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