Antinuclear antibodies 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

$29.40

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.

$70.00

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.

$10.50 with Centene vs $70.00 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $10.50 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $11.72 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $11.72 ↓ -60%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $11.95 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -59%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -59%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -59%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -59%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $12.33 ↓ -58%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $12.45 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.69 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $12.69 ↓ -57%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|ACO $23.33 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $24.86 ↓ -15%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $26.03 ↓ -11%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $26.84 ↓ -9%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $32.20 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $36.40 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $36.40 ↑ +24%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $38.96 ↑ +33%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $49.70 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $50.83 ↑ +73%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $52.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +102%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $70.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $70.00 ↑ +138%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $70.00 ↑ +138%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $70.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $70.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $70.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $70.00 ↑ +138%

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Antinuclear antibodies at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $155.40 $12.09 – $12.09
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $67.60 $11.72 – $104.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $105.95 $64.53 – $163.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $105.95 $61.61 – $183.47
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $139.10 $11.72 – $214.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $105.95 $62.30 – $163.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $111.15 $11.72 – $171.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $105.95 $83.90 – $170.37

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