Facility svs dental rehab 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

$1,226.82

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.

$2,921.00

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.

$438.15 with Centene vs $2,482.85 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 $438.15 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $817.88 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,197.61 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,343.66 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,518.92 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,518.92 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,752.60 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,073.91 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,190.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,482.85 ↑ +102%

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Facility svs dental rehab at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $18,761.21 $0.96 – $6,624.59
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $43,980.75 $0.96 – $7,182.87
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $37,483.55 $4.56 – $6,406.44
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $984.48 $881.93 – $2,009.98
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $1,004.99 $717.85 – $2,009.98
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport not published $3,104.33 – $4,346.06
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport not published $3,104.33 – $4,346.06
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $2,688.10 – $4,639.71

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