Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 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

$3,019.38

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.

$7,189.00

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.

$47.25 with Centene vs $267.75 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 $47.25 ↓ -98%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $88.20 ↓ -97%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $91.35 ↓ -97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $91.35 ↓ -97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $91.35 ↓ -97%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $103.95 ↓ -97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $103.95 ↓ -97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $103.95 ↓ -97%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $103.95 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $144.90 ↓ -95%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $189.00 ↓ -94%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $223.65 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Plans $233.10 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $236.25 ↓ -92%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $236.25 ↓ -92%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $236.25 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $267.75 ↓ -91%

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Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $5,737.80 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,489.04 $443.20 – $1,241.46
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $3,315.00 $544.36 – $1,375.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $3,489.04 $469.27 – $1,397.39
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,489.04 $351.33 – $1,241.46
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $3,489.04 $474.49 – $1,241.46
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $3,489.04 $291.74 – $1,241.46
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $3,489.04 $638.98 – $1,297.57

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