Artery x-rays adrenal gland 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

$1,641.78

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.

$3,909.00

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.

$187.91 with Medica vs $6,809.69 with AMPS — 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 $187.91 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $294.40 ↓ -82%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $302.40 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $308.29 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Plans $374.41 ↓ -77%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $521.28 ↓ -68%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $521.28 ↓ -68%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $521.28 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $586.35 ↓ -64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $599.47 ↓ -63%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $599.47 ↓ -63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $599.47 ↓ -63%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $599.47 ↓ -63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,094.52 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,798.14 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,032.68 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,032.68 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,345.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,775.39 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,931.75 ↑ +79%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,988.33 ↑ +82%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,988.33 ↑ +82%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,046.93 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +87%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +87%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +87%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +87%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +87%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,128.78 ↑ +91%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,159.45 ↑ +92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +96%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,322.65 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,809.69 ↑ +315%

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Artery x-rays adrenal gland at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,881.60 $1,630.85 – $3,012.85
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,055.00 $2,226.25 – $3,012.85
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $476.80 $50.02 – $2,608.88
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $476.80 $50.02 – $2,767.37
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $476.80 $50.02 – $3,131.65
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $3,263.92 $50.02 – $3,032.46
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $476.80 $50.02 – $105.38
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $476.80 $50.02 – $3,062.82

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