Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit 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

$91.14

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.

$217.00

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.

$32.40 with Centene vs $183.60 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 $32.40 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $60.48 ↓ -34%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $67.50 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $67.50 ↓ -26%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $68.83 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $69.28 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $69.28 ↓ -24%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $69.28 ↓ -24%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $69.28 ↓ -24%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $69.28 ↓ -24%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $70.67 ↓ -22%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $71.36 ↓ -22%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $72.74 ↓ -20%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $72.74 ↓ -20%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $99.36 ↑ +9%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $129.60 ↑ +42%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $140.40 ↑ +54%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $153.36 ↑ +68%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $153.80 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $159.84 ↑ +75%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $162.00 ↑ +78%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $162.00 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $162.00 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $183.60 ↑ +101%

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Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $152.75 $64.78 – $306.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $337.35 $205.47 – $519.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $337.35 $196.18 – $584.19
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $242.45 $66.49 – $373.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $337.35 $198.36 – $519.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $242.45 $72.29 – $403.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $337.35 $267.13 – $542.46
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $288.00 $57.89 – $546.00

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