Antistreptolysin o 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

$104.58

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.

$249.00

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.

$7.08 with Amerigroup vs $211.65 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 $7.08 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $7.08 ↓ -93%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.30 ↓ -93%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $7.30 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.30 ↓ -93%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $7.30 ↓ -93%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $7.30 ↓ -93%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $7.45 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $7.52 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.67 ↓ -93%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $7.67 ↓ -93%
Medica Commercial|ACO $13.88 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $15.01 ↓ -86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15.72 ↓ -85%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $16.21 ↓ -84%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $23.52 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Plans $30.69 ↓ -71%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $37.35 ↓ -64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $49.97 ↓ -52%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $49.97 ↓ -52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $49.97 ↓ -52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $57.47 ↓ -45%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $57.47 ↓ -45%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $57.47 ↓ -45%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $57.47 ↓ -45%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $69.72 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $114.54 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $129.48 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $129.48 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $149.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $186.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $211.65 ↑ +102%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $58.20 $7.30 – $7.30
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $42.90 $7.08 – $66.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $60.00 $7.08 – $60.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $42.90 $7.08 – $66.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $42.90 $7.08 – $66.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $61.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $43.20 $13.94 – $29.93
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $42.90 $7.08 – $66.00

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