Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igg 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

$73.50

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.

$175.00

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.

$13.94 with Amerigroup vs $143.65 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $13.94 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $14.22 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -80%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -80%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $14.68 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $14.82 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.11 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $15.11 ↓ -79%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $25.35 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|ACO $27.74 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $29.59 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $30.98 ↓ -58%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $31.95 ↓ -57%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $46.39 ↓ -37%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $47.32 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Plans $60.52 ↓ -18%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $77.74 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $87.88 ↑ +20%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $87.88 ↑ +20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $98.43 ↑ +34%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $98.43 ↑ +34%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $98.43 ↑ +34%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $101.40 ↑ +38%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $113.20 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $113.20 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $113.20 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $113.20 ↑ +54%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $119.99 ↑ +63%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $126.75 ↑ +72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $143.65 ↑ +95%

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Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $135.60 $14.39 – $14.39
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $81.25 $13.94 – $125.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $94.90 $57.80 – $146.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $94.90 $55.19 – $164.34
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $119.60 $13.94 – $184.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $94.90 $55.80 – $146.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $119.60 $13.94 – $184.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $94.90 $75.15 – $152.60

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