Antinuclear antibodies titer 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

$49.14

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.

$117.00

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.

$10.81 with Amerigroup vs $99.45 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $10.81 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $10.81 ↓ -78%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $11.02 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -77%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -77%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -77%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -77%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $11.38 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $11.49 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11.72 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $11.72 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $17.55 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $21.44 ↓ -56%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $22.94 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $24.03 ↓ -51%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $24.78 ↓ -50%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $32.76 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $35.98 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|All Plans $46.95 ↓ -4%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $53.82 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $60.84 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $60.84 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $70.20 ↑ +43%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $76.36 ↑ +55%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $76.36 ↑ +55%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $76.36 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $83.07 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $87.75 ↑ +79%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $87.82 ↑ +79%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $87.82 ↑ +79%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $87.82 ↑ +79%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $87.82 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $99.45 ↑ +102%

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Antinuclear antibodies titer at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $102.00 $11.16 – $11.16
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $219.70 $10.81 – $129.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $85.80 $52.26 – $132.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $83.85 $10.81 – $129.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $85.80 $50.45 – $132.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $92.30 $10.81 – $142.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $85.80 $67.94 – $137.97
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $338.00 $10.81 – $338.00

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