Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug 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

$419.58

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.

$999.00

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.

$149.85 with Centene vs $849.15 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 $149.85 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $219.54 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|ACO $243.31 ↓ -42%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $246.64 ↓ -41%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $279.72 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $314.91 ↓ -25%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $314.91 ↓ -25%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $321.09 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $323.25 ↓ -23%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $323.25 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $323.25 ↓ -23%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $323.25 ↓ -23%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $323.25 ↓ -23%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $329.71 ↓ -21%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $332.95 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $339.41 ↓ -19%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $339.41 ↓ -19%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $459.54 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $469.53 ↑ +12%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $469.53 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $469.53 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $519.48 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $519.48 ↑ +24%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $539.46 ↑ +29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $539.46 ↑ +29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $539.46 ↑ +29%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $539.46 ↑ +29%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $599.40 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $649.35 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $709.29 ↑ +69%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $717.62 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|All Plans $739.26 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $749.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $849.15 ↑ +102%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $367.80 $317.50 – $398.45
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $561.60 $296.33 – $4,237.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $543.40 $330.97 – $836.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $543.40 $316.01 – $941.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $831.35 $304.16 – $1,279.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $543.40 $319.52 – $836.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $486.85 $176.02 – $1,293.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $543.40 $430.29 – $873.79

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