Anal pressure record 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

$581.28

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.

$1,384.00

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.

$207.60 with Centene vs $12,765.09 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $207.60 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $295.65 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $295.65 ↓ -49%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $301.44 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -48%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -48%
United Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -48%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -48%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -48%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $309.55 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $312.58 ↓ -46%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|ACO $358.16 ↓ -38%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $387.52 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $567.44 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $636.64 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $650.48 ↑ +12%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $673.73 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $719.68 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $719.68 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $830.40 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +64%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $982.64 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,038.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,176.40 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +124%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +1810%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +1810%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +1810%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +2096%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +2096%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +2096%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +2096%

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MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,094.30 $60.20 – $3,222.00
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