Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 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

$296.10

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.

$705.00

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.

$105.75 with Centene vs $12,765.09 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 $105.75 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $188.66 ↓ -36%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $188.66 ↓ -36%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $192.36 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -35%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -35%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -35%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $197.40 ↓ -33%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $197.52 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $199.46 ↓ -33%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $203.33 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $203.33 ↓ -31%
Medica Commercial|ACO $268.84 ↓ -9%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $324.30 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $331.35 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $366.60 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $366.60 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $423.00 ↑ +43%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $429.90 ↑ +45%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $500.55 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $528.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $599.25 ↑ +102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +137%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +222%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +340%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +3649%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +3649%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +3649%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +4211%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +4211%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +4211%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +4211%

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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $467.40 $190.20 – $217.10
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $318.00 $3.65 – $50.88
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $1,706.00 $3.65 – $340.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,249.00 $16.58 – $611.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $490.80 $190.20 – $262.60
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $490.80 $137.36 – $294.92
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $520.00 $188.00 – $800.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $852.50 $127.63 – $561.58

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