Bronchial valve remov init 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

$2,214.24

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.

$5,272.00

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.

$372.25 with Medica vs $7,976.79 with AMPS — 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 $372.25 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $790.80 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,476.16 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $2,161.52 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,425.12 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,477.84 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,741.44 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,741.44 ↑ +24%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +37%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +37%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +37%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $3,163.20 ↑ +43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +58%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +58%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +58%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +58%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3,500.52 ↑ +58%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3,500.52 ↑ +58%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,569.16 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,593.15 ↑ +62%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,593.15 ↑ +62%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,593.15 ↑ +62%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,593.15 ↑ +62%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,593.15 ↑ +62%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,665.01 ↑ +66%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,700.94 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,743.12 ↑ +69%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,772.81 ↑ +70%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,772.81 ↑ +70%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,954.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,481.20 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $4,801.00 ↑ +117%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,546.00 ↑ +196%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $7,976.79 ↑ +260%

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