Ghs superficial wnd dehiscence simp12020 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

$328.44

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.

$782.00

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.

$117.30 with Centene vs $3,259.25 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 $117.30 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $218.96 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|ACO $354.44 ↑ +8%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $359.72 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $367.54 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $406.64 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $406.64 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $469.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $555.22 ↑ +69%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $581.18 ↑ +77%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $581.18 ↑ +77%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $586.50 ↑ +79%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $592.57 ↑ +80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $596.56 ↑ +82%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $596.56 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $596.56 ↑ +82%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $596.56 ↑ +82%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $596.56 ↑ +82%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $608.49 ↑ +85%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $614.46 ↑ +87%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $626.39 ↑ +91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $626.39 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $664.70 ↑ +102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +113%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +190%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +296%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,324.36 ↑ +303%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +763%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +763%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +763%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +892%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +892%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +892%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +892%

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Ghs superficial wnd dehiscence simp12020 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $495.60 $264.55 – $585.94
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $520.20 $306.15 – $585.94
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $520.20 $167.28 – $359.16
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $803.40 $35.02 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $720.80 $170.10 – $507.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $720.80 $170.10 – $538.20
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,128.98 $170.10 – $609.05
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $725.55 $170.10 – $589.75

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