Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt 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

$43.26

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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.

$103.00

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.

$15.45 with Centene vs $128.52 with AMPS — 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 $15.45 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $28.84 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $47.38 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $53.56 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $56.40 ↑ +30%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $56.40 ↑ +30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $57.50 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↑ +34%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↑ +34%
United Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↑ +34%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↑ +34%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↑ +34%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $59.05 ↑ +37%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $59.63 ↑ +38%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $60.78 ↑ +40%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $60.78 ↑ +40%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $61.80 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $66.95 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $73.13 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $76.22 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $77.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $77.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $87.55 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $101.45 ↑ +135%
Medica Commercial|ACO $103.00 ↑ +138%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $113.98 ↑ +163%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +197%

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Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $171.00 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $157.30 $95.81 – $242.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $139.10 $54.32 – $214.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $98.80 $30.55 – $190.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $242.00 $66.40 – $242.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $87.75 $34.56 – $350.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $179.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $179.40 $218.27 – $2,679.00

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