Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s 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

$6,087.06

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.

$14,493.00

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.

$1,551.59 with Medica vs $14,441.69 with Timpte — 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 $1,551.59 ↓ -75%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,173.95 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3,053.77 ↓ -50%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3,053.77 ↓ -50%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,113.65 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,134.58 ↓ -49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,134.58 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,134.58 ↓ -49%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,134.58 ↓ -49%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,134.58 ↓ -49%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,197.27 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,228.62 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,291.31 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,291.31 ↓ -46%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $4,058.04 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,942.13 ↓ -2%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $6,209.00 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $6,666.78 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,811.71 ↑ +12%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,958.77 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,536.36 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $8,467.00 ↑ +39%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $8,695.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $10,290.03 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $10,869.75 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $10,869.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,319.05 ↑ +102%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $12,557.99 ↑ +106%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $12,557.99 ↑ +106%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $12,557.99 ↑ +106%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +137%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +137%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +137%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +137%

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Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $8,425.20 $3,078.81 – $4,310.34
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $7,987.85 $2,908.49 – $12,289.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $29,762.85 $98.20 – $45,789.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $5,791.50 $2,280.96 – $8,910.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $10,615.80 $3,078.81 – $4,310.34
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $5,119.40 $1,850.86 – $7,876.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $7,923.88 $272.33 – $5,219.85
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,508.00 $272.33 – $2,827.97

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