Eeg 41-60 minutes 95812-26 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

$676.62

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.

$1,611.00

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.

$241.65 with Centene vs $1,369.35 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 $241.65 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $295.65 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $295.65 ↓ -56%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $301.44 ↓ -55%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -55%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↓ -55%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $309.55 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $312.58 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↓ -53%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↓ -53%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $451.08 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|ACO $556.35 ↓ -18%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $659.42 ↓ -3%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $673.73 ↓ -0%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $690.53 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $741.06 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $837.72 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $966.60 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,047.15 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,143.81 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,192.14 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,208.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,208.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,369.35 ↑ +102%

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Eeg 41-60 minutes 95812-26 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $534.00 $298.08 – $417.31
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,197.95 $193.72 – $1,843.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,072.50 $198.84 – $1,650.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $778.05 $37.28 – $1,197.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $336.05 $132.35 – $1,944.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $594.60 $298.08 – $417.31
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $115.80 $140.89 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $788.00 $51.47 – $420.02

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