Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$3,134.04

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.

$7,462.00

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.

$210.82 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 $210.82 ↓ -93%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $323.07 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $326.23 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $341.62 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Plans $400.01 ↓ -87%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $544.26 ↓ -83%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $544.26 ↓ -83%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $544.26 ↓ -83%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $625.89 ↓ -80%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $625.89 ↓ -80%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $625.89 ↓ -80%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $625.89 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,119.30 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,089.36 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,988.33 ↓ -5%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,988.33 ↓ -5%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,046.93 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↓ -2%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↓ -2%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↓ -2%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↓ -2%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↓ -2%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,128.78 ↓ -0%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,159.45 ↑ +1%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +3%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +3%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $3,432.52 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,880.24 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,880.24 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $4,477.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,298.02 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $5,596.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,342.70 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,809.69 ↑ +117%

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Artery x-rays adrenals at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,823.60 $2,447.25 – $3,012.85
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $3,083.40 $3,012.85 – $3,340.35
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $494.40 $56.25 – $2,608.88
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $494.40 $56.25 – $2,767.37
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $494.40 $56.25 – $3,131.65
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $494.40 $56.25 – $3,032.46
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $494.40 $56.25 – $119.60
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $494.40 $56.25 – $3,062.82

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