Evoked auditory tst complete 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

$37.80

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.

$90.00

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.

$9.03 with Medica vs $673.73 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 $9.03 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $13.50 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $41.40 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $46.80 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $54.00 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $58.50 ↑ +55%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $59.36 ↑ +57%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $63.90 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $66.60 ↑ +76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $66.68 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $67.50 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $67.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $76.50 ↑ +102%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $295.65 ↑ +682%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $295.65 ↑ +682%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $301.44 ↑ +697%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +703%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +703%
United Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +703%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +703%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +703%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $309.55 ↑ +719%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $312.58 ↑ +727%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↑ +743%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↑ +743%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $673.73 ↑ +1682%

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Evoked auditory tst complete at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $183.00 $18.32 – $72.60
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $357.41 $4.28 – $258.11
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $430.11 $4.28 – $430.10
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $110.40 $4.28 – $309.83
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $221.72 $4.28 – $300.01
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $110.40 $4.28 – $11.28
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $357.41 $4.28 – $303.02
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $110.40 $4.28 – $275.78

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