Autologous blood process 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

$357.00

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.

$850.00

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.

$127.50 with Centene vs $722.50 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $127.50 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $162.70 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $162.70 ↓ -54%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $165.89 ↓ -54%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $170.34 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $172.01 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↓ -51%
Medica Commercial|ACO $180.35 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $181.94 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $190.52 ↓ -47%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $230.23 ↓ -36%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $238.00 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Plans $300.41 ↓ -16%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $370.74 ↑ +4%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $391.00 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $442.00 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $442.00 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $510.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $603.50 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $637.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $722.50 ↑ +102%

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Autologous blood process at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $96.60 $104.65 – $164.03
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $108.00 $117.00 – $164.03
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $164.99 $56.17 – $165.89
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $164.99 $56.17 – $190.30
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $164.99 $56.17 – $170.50
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $164.99 $54.03 – $167.93
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $164.99 $56.17 – $182.93
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $164.99 $56.17 – $166.75

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