Amobarbital 125 mg inj 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

$1,436.59

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.

$3,420.45

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.

$5.38 with BCBS - NE vs $2,907.39 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $5.38 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $7.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -99%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $183.26 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $183.26 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $376.78 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|ACO $384.85 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $394.56 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $513.07 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $957.73 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,573.41 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,778.64 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,052.27 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,428.52 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,565.34 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,565.34 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,907.39 ↑ +102%

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Amobarbital 125 mg inj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $1,641.82 $183.26 – $3,352.05
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $1,676.03 $183.26 – $3,352.05
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $14.33 – $183.26
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $14.33 – $548.65
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $14.33 – $183.26
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines not published $14.33 – $183.26
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $14.33 – $183.26
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $14.33 – $183.26

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