Argatroban esrd dialysis 1mg 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

$1,466.96

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.

$3,492.75

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.

$1.32 with United vs $84.58 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
United Commercial|All Plans $1.32 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1.54 ↓ -100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1.54 ↓ -100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1.54 ↓ -100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1.77 ↓ -100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1.77 ↓ -100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1.77 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1.77 ↓ -100%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $2.95 ↓ -100%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $2.95 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $7.35 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $8.02 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -99%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.93 ↓ -99%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $27.86 ↓ -98%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $45.77 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $51.74 ↓ -96%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $59.70 ↓ -96%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $70.65 ↓ -95%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $74.63 ↓ -95%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $74.63 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.58 ↓ -94%

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