Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level 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

$307.02

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.

$731.00

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.

$109.65 with Centene vs $3,259.25 with Timpte — 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 $109.65 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $111.03 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $204.68 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $299.71 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $336.26 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $343.57 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $380.12 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $380.12 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $438.60 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $519.01 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $548.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $621.35 ↑ +102%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $657.50 ↑ +114%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $657.50 ↑ +114%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $670.39 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $674.90 ↑ +120%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $674.90 ↑ +120%
United Medicare|All Plans $674.90 ↑ +120%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $674.90 ↑ +120%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $674.90 ↑ +120%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $688.40 ↑ +124%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $695.15 ↑ +126%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $708.64 ↑ +131%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $708.64 ↑ +131%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +363%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,498.28 ↑ +388%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +531%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +823%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +823%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +823%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +962%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +962%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +962%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +962%

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Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $528.60 $572.65 – $662.89
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $5,521.45 $53.57 – $1,572.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $2,237.95 $668.16 – $2,295.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $610.80 $661.70 – $662.89
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $610.80 $293.46 – $346.12
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,152.80 $518.88 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,060.78 $53.25 – $574.01
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $707.47 $53.25 – $707.46

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