Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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

$378.42

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.

$901.00

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.

$52.82 with Medica vs $1,302.00 with Medica — 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $52.82 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $67.65 ↓ -82%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $126.28 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $149.82 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $149.82 ↓ -60%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $152.76 ↓ -60%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $153.78 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $153.78 ↓ -59%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $153.78 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $153.78 ↓ -59%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $153.78 ↓ -59%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $156.86 ↓ -59%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $158.39 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $161.47 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $161.47 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $207.46 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Plans $211.97 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $234.52 ↓ -38%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $270.60 ↓ -28%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $320.21 ↓ -15%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $338.25 ↓ -11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $338.25 ↓ -11%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $341.39 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $383.35 ↑ +1%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $585.65 ↑ +55%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +152%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +244%

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $242.40 $151.04 – $174.85
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $612.30 $248.63 – $628.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $612.30 $323.23 – $656.39
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $843.00 $112.96 – $562.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,671.60 $7.35 – $562.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $942.00 $172.32 – $628.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $612.30 $153.82 – $628.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $280.20 $151.04 – $202.15

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