Bilateral n block inj trigeminal 64400 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

$276.36

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.

$658.00

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.

$93.16 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Timpte — 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 $93.16 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $98.70 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $184.24 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $280.27 ↑ +1%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $280.27 ↑ +1%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $285.76 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $287.68 ↑ +4%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $287.68 ↑ +4%
United Medicare|All Plans $287.68 ↑ +4%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $287.68 ↑ +4%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $287.68 ↑ +4%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $293.43 ↑ +6%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $296.31 ↑ +7%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $302.06 ↑ +9%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $302.06 ↑ +9%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $302.68 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $309.26 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $342.16 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $342.16 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $394.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $467.18 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $493.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $559.30 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $638.65 ↑ +131%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +154%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +245%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +371%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +926%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +926%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +926%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +1079%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +1079%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +1079%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +1079%

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Bilateral n block inj trigeminal 64400 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $301.20 $282.56 – $326.30
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,056.25 $217.88 – $1,084.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $153.00 $16.72 – $153.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $363.60 $282.56 – $377.00
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $363.60 $206.04 – $273.75
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,060.78 $45.38 – $698.79
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $516.80 $45.38 – $302.80
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $751.56 $45.38 – $378.60

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