Cath ablt clsfast 7fx100cmx 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

$3,310.09

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.

$7,881.15

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.

$119.52 with Centene vs $677.28 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 $119.52 ↓ -96%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $223.11 ↓ -93%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $231.07 ↓ -93%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $231.07 ↓ -93%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $231.07 ↓ -93%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $262.95 ↓ -92%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $262.95 ↓ -92%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $262.95 ↓ -92%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $262.95 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $366.53 ↓ -89%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $478.08 ↓ -86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $565.73 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Plans $589.63 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $597.60 ↓ -82%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $597.60 ↓ -82%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $597.60 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $677.28 ↓ -80%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,364.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,894.35 $1.74 – $4.87
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,543.35 $7.71 – $19.48
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $1,894.35 $1.84 – $5.48
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,894.35 $1.38 – $4.87
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,894.35 $1.86 – $4.87
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,917.82 $1.14 – $4.87
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,894.35 $2.51 – $5.09

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