Closed tx/talus fracture without manip 28430 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

$369.18

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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.

$879.00

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.

$131.85 with Centene vs $3,259.25 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $131.85 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $227.76 ↓ -38%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $227.76 ↓ -38%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $232.22 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -37%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -37%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -37%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -37%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $238.46 ↓ -35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $240.79 ↓ -35%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $245.47 ↓ -34%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $245.47 ↓ -34%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $246.12 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $404.34 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|ACO $410.51 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|All Plans $413.13 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $457.08 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $457.08 ↑ +24%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $518.99 ↑ +41%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $527.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $624.09 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $659.25 ↑ +79%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $747.15 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +158%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +253%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +668%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +668%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +668%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +783%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +783%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +783%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +783%

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Closed tx/talus fracture without manip 28430 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $421.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $442.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $442.80 $538.74 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $742.00 $67.22 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,176.00 $99.46 – $424.80
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,176.00 $105.83 – $440.01
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,176.00 $196.44 – $521.41
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,176.00 $146.48 – $424.80

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