Breast punct aspir cyst, bil 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

$412.44

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.

$982.00

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.

$78.98 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 $78.98 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $147.30 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $274.96 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $451.72 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $461.54 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $510.64 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $589.20 ↑ +43%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $668.01 ↑ +62%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $668.01 ↑ +62%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $681.11 ↑ +65%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +66%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +66%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +66%
United Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +66%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $697.22 ↑ +69%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $699.40 ↑ +70%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $706.26 ↑ +71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $719.97 ↑ +75%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $719.97 ↑ +75%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $736.50 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $736.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $834.70 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +245%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,522.23 ↑ +269%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +370%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +587%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +587%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +587%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +690%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +690%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +690%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +690%

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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $714.60 $516.10 – $673.49
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $682.50 $38.10 – $1,414.91
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $795.00 $38.10 – $1,374.78
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $516.75 $11.05 – $795.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,442.35 $38.10 – $2,219.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $825.60 $596.05 – $673.49
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $825.60 $254.77 – $296.82
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,212.90 $38.10 – $3,576.15

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