Ana ds-dna 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

$41.58

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.

$99.00

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.

$11.73 with Amerigroup vs $95.28 with One World — 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $11.73 ↓ -72%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $11.73 ↓ -72%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $11.96 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -71%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -71%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -71%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -71%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.72 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $12.72 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.85 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $23.33 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $24.90 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $26.07 ↓ -37%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $26.88 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $27.72 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $39.03 ↓ -6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $45.54 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $50.93 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $51.48 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $51.48 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $59.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $70.29 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $74.25 ↑ +79%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $82.85 ↑ +99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $82.85 ↑ +99%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $82.85 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.15 ↑ +102%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $95.28 ↑ +129%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $95.28 ↑ +129%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $95.28 ↑ +129%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $95.28 ↑ +129%

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Ana ds-dna at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $225.60 $12.11 – $12.11
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $251.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $42.00 $23.80 – $51.10
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $48.57 $7.27 – $31.99
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $48.57 $3.50 – $48.57
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $48.57 $7.27 – $24.47
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $48.57 $7.27 – $18.83
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $48.57 $7.27 – $53.85

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