Assessment leukocyte fecal qualitative/semiquantitative 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

$54.60

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.

$130.00

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.

$4.14 with Amerigroup vs $110.50 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4.14 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4.14 ↓ -92%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4.22 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $4.36 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|ACO $8.19 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $8.78 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $9.19 ↓ -83%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $9.48 ↓ -83%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $13.77 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $19.50 ↓ -64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $29.21 ↓ -47%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $29.21 ↓ -47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $29.21 ↓ -47%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $33.59 ↓ -38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $33.59 ↓ -38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $33.59 ↓ -38%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $33.59 ↓ -38%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $36.40 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $59.80 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $67.60 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $67.60 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $78.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $92.30 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $97.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $110.50 ↑ +102%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $33.00 $4.27 – $4.27
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $354.90 $4.14 – $546.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $43.55 $4.18 – $67.00
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MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $354.90 $4.14 – $546.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $43.55 $4.18 – $67.00
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