Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i 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

$7,462.98

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.

$17,769.00

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.

$1,040.45 with Medica vs $24,535.60 with AMPS — 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 $1,040.45 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,212.35 ↓ -70%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $4,129.72 ↓ -45%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6,047.09 ↓ -19%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $6,784.54 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,932.03 ↓ -7%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,669.48 ↑ +3%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +8%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +8%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $8,849.40 ↑ +19%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +24%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +24%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +24%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $10,471.79 ↑ +40%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $10,767.11 ↑ +44%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $10,767.11 ↑ +44%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $10,978.23 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +48%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +48%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +48%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +48%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $11,061.75 ↑ +48%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $11,061.75 ↑ +48%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $11,273.11 ↑ +51%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $11,383.63 ↑ +53%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $11,604.67 ↑ +55%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11,604.67 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,536.65 ↑ +68%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,706.00 ↑ +84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $18,690.00 ↑ +150%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $24,535.60 ↑ +229%

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Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $11,728.80 $10,855.42 – $12,706.20
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $80,498.89 $9.09 – $82,395.60
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $21,260.85 $8,373.50 – $32,709.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $13,054.80 $10,855.42 – $14,142.70
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $756.00 $919.80 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $23,377.60 $499.08 – $9,399.92
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $23,377.60 $499.08 – $26,884.24
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $23,377.60 $499.08 – $11,283.46

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