Bx of breast open 19101 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

$2,012.22

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.

$4,791.00

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.

$410.13 with Medica vs $8,284.73 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 $410.13 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $718.65 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,341.48 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,203.86 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,251.77 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,491.32 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,874.60 ↑ +43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +51%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +51%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +51%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,401.61 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +73%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +73%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +73%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +73%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,593.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,593.25 ↑ +79%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3,635.65 ↑ +81%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3,635.65 ↑ +81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,706.93 ↑ +84%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $3,725.00 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,731.86 ↑ +85%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,731.86 ↑ +85%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,731.86 ↑ +85%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,731.86 ↑ +85%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,731.86 ↑ +85%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,806.50 ↑ +89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,843.82 ↑ +91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,918.45 ↑ +95%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,918.45 ↑ +95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,072.35 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $5,081.00 ↑ +153%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $8,284.73 ↑ +312%

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Bx of breast open 19101 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,900.80 $2,059.20 – $3,665.46
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $14,342.24 $2.70 – $7,823.39
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,196.00 $2,379.00 – $3,665.46
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $637.20 $775.26 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,630.40 $197.81 – $3,174.00
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,630.40 $197.81 – $3,366.82
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,630.40 $197.81 – $3,810.00
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,630.40 $197.81 – $3,689.33

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