Ghs i and d perirectal abscess 46040 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

$1,052.94

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.

$2,507.00

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.

$376.05 with Centene vs $9,248.33 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $376.05 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $701.96 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|ACO $794.75 ↓ -25%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,027.87 ↓ -2%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,119.46 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,119.46 ↑ +6%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,141.41 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,149.08 ↑ +9%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,149.08 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,149.08 ↑ +9%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,149.08 ↑ +9%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,149.08 ↑ +9%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,153.22 ↑ +10%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $1,172.06 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,178.29 ↑ +12%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,183.55 ↑ +12%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,206.53 ↑ +15%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,206.53 ↑ +15%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,303.64 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,303.64 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,504.20 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,701.00 ↑ +62%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,779.97 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,880.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,130.95 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,322.00 ↑ +121%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $2,550.96 ↑ +142%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +664%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +664%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +664%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +778%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +778%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +778%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +778%

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Ghs i and d perirectal abscess 46040 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,595.40 $1,128.64 – $1,580.09
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MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,926.60 $1,128.64 – $1,580.09
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,926.60 $928.00 – $1,203.77
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,544.00 $74.29 – $958.00
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