Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous 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

$6,990.21

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.

$16,643.35

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.

$21.77 with BCBS - NE vs $7,690.85 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $21.77 ↓ -100%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $25.19 ↓ -100%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $25.19 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $27.97 ↓ -100%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $27.97 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28.49 ↓ -100%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $28.49 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $28.49 ↓ -100%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $28.49 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $28.49 ↓ -100%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $28.52 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $29.02 ↓ -100%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $29.06 ↓ -100%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $29.34 ↓ -100%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $29.91 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $29.91 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Plans $45.64 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $47.43 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $49.67 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|ACO $52.92 ↓ -99%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $53.16 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $53.16 ↓ -99%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $53.16 ↓ -99%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $61.13 ↓ -99%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $61.13 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $61.13 ↓ -99%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $61.13 ↓ -99%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $63.25 ↓ -99%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,357.21 ↓ -81%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,533.46 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $4,162.11 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $4,704.99 ↓ -33%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $5,428.83 ↓ -22%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $6,424.12 ↓ -8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $6,786.04 ↓ -3%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $6,786.04 ↓ -3%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,690.85 ↑ +10%

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Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $5,305.19 $29.24 – $40.94
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $15,865.45 $27.97 – $11,252.60
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $15,865.45 $13.96 – $11,252.60
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $15,865.45 $1,754.40 – $12,665.93
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $15,865.45 $27.97 – $11,252.60
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $15,865.45 $1,754.40 – $8,883.85
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $15,865.45 $27.97 – $8,883.85
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $15,865.45 $3,508.80 – $16,582.57

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