Ductogram sgl duct 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

$564.48

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.

$1,344.00

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.

$69.57 with Medica vs $1,142.40 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $69.57 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $102.61 ↓ -82%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -81%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $107.46 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Plans $132.55 ↓ -77%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $182.74 ↓ -68%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $182.74 ↓ -68%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $182.74 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $201.60 ↓ -64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $210.15 ↓ -63%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $210.15 ↓ -63%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $210.15 ↓ -63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $210.15 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $229.50 ↓ -59%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $229.50 ↓ -59%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $234.00 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -58%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -58%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -58%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -58%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $240.28 ↓ -57%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $242.64 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $247.35 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $247.35 ↓ -56%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $376.32 ↓ -33%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $522.97 ↓ -7%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $618.24 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $698.88 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $698.88 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $806.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $954.24 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,008.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,142.40 ↑ +102%

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