Bln press regulation 71-80cm 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

$4,163.78

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.

$9,913.75

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.

$363.15 with Centene vs $2,057.85 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 $363.15 ↓ -91%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $677.88 ↓ -84%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $702.09 ↓ -83%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $702.09 ↓ -83%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $702.09 ↓ -83%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $798.93 ↓ -81%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $798.93 ↓ -81%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $798.93 ↓ -81%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $798.93 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,113.66 ↓ -73%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,452.60 ↓ -65%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,718.91 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,791.54 ↓ -57%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,815.75 ↓ -56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,815.75 ↓ -56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,815.75 ↓ -56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,057.85 ↓ -51%

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Bln press regulation 71-80cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $10,109.53 $1,619.45 – $4,536.28
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $9,605.26 $1,706.33 – $4,310.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $10,109.53 $1,714.71 – $5,106.04
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $10,109.53 $1,283.77 – $4,536.28
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $10,109.53 $1,733.77 – $4,536.28
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $10,109.53 $1,066.03 – $4,536.28
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $10,109.53 $2,334.82 – $4,741.32
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $15,455.65 $911.79 – $4,536.28

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