Detect agent nos dna dir 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

$80.64

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.

$192.00

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.

$28.80 with Centene vs $163.20 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $28.80 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $29.10 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $29.10 ↓ -64%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $29.67 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $30.03 ↓ -63%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $30.03 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $30.03 ↓ -63%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $30.03 ↓ -63%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $30.03 ↓ -63%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $30.63 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $30.93 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $31.53 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $31.53 ↓ -61%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $53.76 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|ACO $58.00 ↓ -28%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $61.74 ↓ -23%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $64.64 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $64.65 ↓ -20%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $66.67 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Plans $84.35 ↑ +5%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $88.32 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $99.84 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $99.84 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $115.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $136.32 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $137.20 ↑ +70%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $137.20 ↑ +70%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $137.20 ↑ +70%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $144.00 ↑ +79%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $157.77 ↑ +96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $157.77 ↑ +96%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $157.77 ↑ +96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $157.77 ↑ +96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $163.20 ↑ +102%

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