Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 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

$1,943.76

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.

$4,628.00

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.

$268.44 with Medica vs $5,081.00 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 $268.44 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $694.20 ↓ -64%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,295.84 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,944.92 ↑ +0%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,944.92 ↑ +0%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,983.05 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,996.40 ↑ +3%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,996.40 ↑ +3%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,996.40 ↑ +3%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,996.40 ↑ +3%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,996.40 ↑ +3%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $2,036.33 ↑ +5%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $2,056.29 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,096.22 ↑ +8%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $2,096.22 ↑ +8%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,128.88 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,175.16 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,406.56 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,406.56 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,776.80 ↑ +43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +46%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +46%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +46%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +68%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +68%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +68%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +68%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,285.88 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,471.00 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $3,725.00 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,933.80 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $4,432.01 ↑ +128%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $5,081.00 ↑ +161%

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Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $364.80 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $13,724.32 $5.01 – $4,176.77
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,992.95 $1,234.74 – $6,143.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $12,822.34 $4.92 – $6,146.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $702.00 $44.84 – $301.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $382.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $382.80 $465.74 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $5,800.00 $1,363.00 – $5,800.00

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