Allograft graftjacket 2x12cm-q4107-cost per sq cm 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

$4,673.09

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.

$11,126.40

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.

$29.81 with Centene vs $293.82 with Medica — 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 $29.81 ↓ -99%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $55.64 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $57.63 ↓ -99%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $57.63 ↓ -99%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $57.63 ↓ -99%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $65.58 ↓ -99%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $65.58 ↓ -99%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $65.58 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $65.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $78.61 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $91.01 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $91.01 ↓ -98%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $91.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $104.82 ↓ -98%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $119.22 ↓ -97%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $141.08 ↓ -97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $149.03 ↓ -97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $149.03 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $149.03 ↓ -97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -96%
Medica Commercial|ACO $198.70 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Plans $225.18 ↓ -95%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $280.58 ↓ -94%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $293.82 ↓ -94%

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Allograft graftjacket 2x12cm-q4107-cost per sq cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $238.13 $38.76 – $200.01
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $292.91 $82.24 – $207.73
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $238.13 $75.60 – $225.13
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $238.13 $38.76 – $200.01
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $238.13 $76.44 – $200.01
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $239.77 $34.68 – $200.01
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $238.13 $102.95 – $209.05
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $366.35 $32.64 – $200.01

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