Evaluation of speech fluency 92521 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

$184.38

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.

$439.00

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.

$65.85 with Centene vs $373.15 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 $65.85 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $105.80 ↓ -43%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $105.80 ↓ -43%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.88 ↓ -41%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $122.92 ↓ -33%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $152.80 ↓ -17%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $152.80 ↓ -17%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $152.80 ↓ -17%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $158.00 ↓ -14%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $175.72 ↓ -5%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $175.72 ↓ -5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $175.72 ↓ -5%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $175.72 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $190.00 ↑ +3%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $201.94 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $233.90 ↑ +27%
Medica Commercial|ACO $261.85 ↑ +42%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $262.78 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $263.40 ↑ +43%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $263.40 ↑ +43%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $263.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $311.69 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $329.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $373.15 ↑ +102%

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Evaluation of speech fluency 92521 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $202.80 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $176.80 $97.10 – $272.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $186.55 $81.22 – $287.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $250.25 $77.39 – $385.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $185.90 $105.80 – $286.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $225.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $225.60 $47.60 – $102.20
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $288.60 $104.34 – $444.00

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