Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$588.84

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.

$1,402.00

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.

$91.50 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $91.50 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $210.30 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $392.56 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $574.82 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $644.92 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $658.94 ↑ +12%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $668.01 ↑ +13%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $668.01 ↑ +13%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $681.11 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +16%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +16%
United Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +16%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +16%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +16%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $699.40 ↑ +19%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $706.26 ↑ +20%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $719.97 ↑ +22%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $719.97 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $729.04 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $729.04 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $841.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $995.42 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,051.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,191.70 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +141%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,522.23 ↑ +159%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +229%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +381%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +381%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +381%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +454%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +454%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +454%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +454%

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $206.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $216.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $216.60 $263.53 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $281.16 $43.78 – $583.19
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $739.28 $43.78 – $739.28
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $280.80 $43.78 – $700.05
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $652.60 $43.78 – $677.87
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $280.80 $43.78 – $116.65

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