Drsg oasis ultr ster 3lyr 7x10 70sqcm -cost per sq cm 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

$1,540.42

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.

$3,667.66

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.

$6.66 with BCBS - NE vs $149.09 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 $6.66 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $8.88 ↓ -99%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $8.97 ↓ -99%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $8.97 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Plans $16.86 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $18.73 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|ACO $19.49 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $19.61 ↓ -99%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $26.31 ↓ -98%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $49.12 ↓ -97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $50.87 ↓ -97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $50.87 ↓ -97%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $50.87 ↓ -97%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $57.89 ↓ -96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $57.89 ↓ -96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $57.89 ↓ -96%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $57.89 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $80.69 ↓ -95%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $105.24 ↓ -93%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $124.54 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $131.55 ↓ -91%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $131.55 ↓ -91%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $131.55 ↓ -91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $149.09 ↓ -90%

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Drsg oasis ultr ster 3lyr 7x10 70sqcm -cost per sq cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $41.79 $11.73 – $60.55
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $33.44 $19.18 – $48.44
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $41.79 $22.89 – $68.16
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $41.79 $11.73 – $60.55
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $41.79 $23.14 – $60.55
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $41.79 $10.50 – $60.55
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $41.79 $31.17 – $63.29
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $64.30 $9.88 – $60.55

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