Ghs lac repair mouth.ant tong 2.5cm/less 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

$231.84

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.

$552.00

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.

$82.80 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 $82.80 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $154.56 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $253.92 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $259.44 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $287.04 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $287.04 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|ACO $287.74 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $331.20 ↑ +43%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $378.86 ↑ +63%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $378.86 ↑ +63%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $386.29 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $388.89 ↑ +68%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $388.89 ↑ +68%
United Medicare|All Plans $388.89 ↑ +68%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $388.89 ↑ +68%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $388.89 ↑ +68%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $391.92 ↑ +69%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $396.67 ↑ +71%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $400.56 ↑ +73%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $408.33 ↑ +76%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $408.33 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $414.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $469.20 ↑ +102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +202%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $863.34 ↑ +272%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +311%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +462%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +1209%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +1209%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +1209%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +1405%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +1405%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +1405%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +1405%

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Ghs lac repair mouth.ant tong 2.5cm/less at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $468.60 $360.75 – $381.97
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $547.95 $318.65 – $948.88
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $492.00 $381.97 – $435.50
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $492.00 $227.80 – $489.10
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $681.60 $137.97 – $354.54
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $681.60 $137.97 – $783.84
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $681.60 $86.89 – $397.03
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $681.60 $77.08 – $384.46

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