Ghs intermed repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm-12035 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

$562.80

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.

$1,340.00

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.

$201.00 with Centene vs $3,489.13 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 $201.00 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $375.20 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $379.33 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $379.33 ↓ -33%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $386.77 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $389.37 ↓ -31%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $389.37 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $389.37 ↓ -31%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $389.37 ↓ -31%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $389.37 ↓ -31%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $397.16 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $401.05 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $408.84 ↓ -27%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $408.84 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|ACO $449.95 ↓ -20%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $616.40 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $629.80 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $696.80 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $696.80 ↑ +24%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +25%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $804.00 ↑ +43%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $864.40 ↑ +54%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $951.40 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,005.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,139.00 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +131%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +439%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +439%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +439%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +520%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +520%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +520%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +520%

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Ghs intermed repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm-12035 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $681.60 $305.50 – $382.44
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $786.00 $58.74 – $880.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $715.80 $369.85 – $382.44
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $715.80 $193.46 – $415.37
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,538.00 $58.74 – $4,235.59
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $943.20 $216.14 – $456.31
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $943.20 $164.42 – $444.46
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