Antipsychotics nos 1-3 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

$89.04

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.

$212.00

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.

$31.80 with Centene vs $180.20 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $31.80 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $46.45 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|ACO $46.66 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $48.64 ↓ -45%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $58.18 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $59.36 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Plans $75.92 ↓ -15%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $97.52 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $110.24 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $110.24 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $127.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $150.52 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $159.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $180.20 ↑ +102%

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Antipsychotics nos 1-3 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $183.30 $74.45 – $282.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $72.14 $13.16 – $47.52
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $72.14 $13.16 – $72.14
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $72.14 $13.16 – $86.56
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $72.14 $13.16 – $44.18
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $72.14 $13.16 – $79.98
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $72.14 $13.16 – $66.73
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $72.14 $11.70 – $58.61

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