Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 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

$62.16

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.

$148.00

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.

$22.20 with Centene vs $198.58 with AMPS — 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 $22.20 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $41.44 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $68.08 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $76.96 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $76.96 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $87.15 ↑ +40%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $87.15 ↑ +40%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $88.42 ↑ +42%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $88.80 ↑ +43%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.86 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $89.45 ↑ +44%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $89.45 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $89.45 ↑ +44%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $89.45 ↑ +44%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $89.45 ↑ +44%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $91.24 ↑ +47%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $92.13 ↑ +48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $93.92 ↑ +51%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $93.92 ↑ +51%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $96.20 ↑ +55%
Medica Commercial|ACO $97.80 ↑ +57%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $100.62 ↑ +62%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $105.08 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $109.52 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $111.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $125.80 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $198.58 ↑ +219%

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Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $322.20 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $157.00 $27.05 – $134.68
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $230.10 $27.05 – $354.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $299.00 $91.99 – $460.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $338.40 $87.86 – $123.01
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $338.40 $411.72 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $120.00 $45.55 – $122.23
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $120.00 $45.55 – $138.00

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