Cath acuity innr ic130 6f 63cm 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

$26,828.76

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.

$63,877.98

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.

$3.51 with Centene vs $19.89 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 $3.51 ↓ -100%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $6.56 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $6.79 ↓ -100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $6.79 ↓ -100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $6.79 ↓ -100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $7.73 ↓ -100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $7.73 ↓ -100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $7.73 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $7.73 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $10.77 ↓ -100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $14.04 ↓ -100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $16.62 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Plans $17.32 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $17.55 ↓ -100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $17.55 ↓ -100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $17.55 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.89 ↓ -100%

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Cath acuity innr ic130 6f 63cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $7,301.40 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $41,900.62 $0.01 – $0.20
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $48,750.00 $0.02 – $0.04
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $41,900.62 $0.01 – $0.21
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $41,900.62 $0.01 – $0.16
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $41,900.62 $0.01 – $0.26
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $41,900.62 $0.01 – $0.18
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $41,900.62 $0.01 – $0.01

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