Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm 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

$2,693.25

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.

$6,412.50

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.

$438.75 with Centene vs $2,486.25 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 $438.75 ↓ -84%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $819.00 ↓ -70%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $848.25 ↓ -69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $848.25 ↓ -69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $848.25 ↓ -69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $965.25 ↓ -64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $965.25 ↓ -64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $965.25 ↓ -64%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $965.25 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,345.50 ↓ -50%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,755.00 ↓ -35%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,076.75 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,164.50 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,193.75 ↓ -19%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,193.75 ↓ -19%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,193.75 ↓ -19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,486.25 ↓ -8%

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Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,464.20 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,378.40 $490.57 – $1,374.15
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,160.00 $650.27 – $1,642.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $4,378.40 $519.43 – $1,546.74
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,378.40 $388.88 – $1,374.15
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $4,378.40 $525.20 – $1,374.15
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $4,378.40 $322.93 – $1,374.15
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $4,378.40 $707.28 – $1,436.26

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