Chemodenerv 1 extremity 1-4 64642 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

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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.

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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.

$195.59 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Millard Public Schools — 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 $195.59
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $657.50
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $657.50
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $670.39
PACE Medicare|All Plans $674.90
Medica Medicare|All Plans $674.90
Humana Medicare|All Plans $674.90
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $674.90
United Medicare|All Plans $674.90
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $688.40
Centene Medicare|All Plans $695.15
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $708.64
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $708.64
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,498.28
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier not published by hospital
United Medicaid|Community Plan not published by hospital
PHCS Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Medica Commercial|Open Access not published by hospital
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care not published by hospital
ELAP Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard not published by hospital

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Chemodenerv 1 extremity 1-4 64642 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $712.20 $662.89 – $771.55
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $323.00 $30.67 – $1,370.41
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $474.50 $186.88 – $1,529.28
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $823.20 $662.89 – $810.55
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $289.80 $352.59 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $323.00 $30.67 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $868.26 $94.28 – $574.01
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $356.00 $94.28 – $608.89

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