Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution 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

$134.03

Cash price

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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.

$319.10

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.

$39.11 with Wellmark vs $271.24 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
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $39.11 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $39.11 ↓ -71%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $42.55 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $47.87 ↓ -64%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $56.74 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|ACO $82.13 ↓ -39%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $89.35 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $103.05 ↓ -23%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $107.91 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|All Plans $117.74 ↓ -12%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $137.16 ↑ +2%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $137.16 ↑ +2%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $137.16 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $146.79 ↑ +10%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $157.73 ↑ +18%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $157.73 ↑ +18%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $157.73 ↑ +18%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $157.73 ↑ +18%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $165.94 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $191.46 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $226.57 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $239.33 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $239.33 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $271.24 ↑ +102%

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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $128.89 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $137.50 $49.09 – $137.50
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $137.50 $54.44 – $137.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $137.50 $51.98 – $154.77
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $137.50 $38.91 – $137.50
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $137.50 $52.55 – $137.50
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $137.50 $32.31 – $137.50
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $137.50 $70.77 – $143.72

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