Cltx carpl scphd fx w/mnpj 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

$341.88

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.

$814.00

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.

$122.10 with Centene vs $3,489.13 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 $122.10 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $227.92 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $374.44 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $382.58 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $423.28 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $423.28 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $488.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $577.94 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $610.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $691.90 ↑ +102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +105%
Medica Commercial|ACO $814.00 ↑ +138%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +316%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,519.48 ↑ +344%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,519.48 ↑ +344%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,549.28 ↑ +353%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,559.70 ↑ +356%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,559.70 ↑ +356%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,559.70 ↑ +356%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,559.70 ↑ +356%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,559.70 ↑ +356%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $1,590.89 ↑ +365%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,606.49 ↑ +370%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,637.68 ↑ +379%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,637.68 ↑ +379%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +467%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +787%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +787%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +787%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,462.53 ↑ +913%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +921%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +921%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +921%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +921%

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