Graft axiofill 1000mg 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

$5,125.68

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.

$12,204.00

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.

$127.80 with Centene vs $724.15 with MultiPlan — 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 $127.80 ↓ -98%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $238.55 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $247.07 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $247.07 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $391.90 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $425.97 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $425.97 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $443.01 ↓ -91%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $511.17 ↓ -90%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $604.88 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Plans $630.44 ↓ -88%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $638.96 ↓ -88%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $638.96 ↓ -88%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $724.15 ↓ -86%

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Graft axiofill 1000mg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $6,300.79 $577.83 – $1,618.56
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $5,986.50 $570.10 – $1,440.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $6,300.79 $611.82 – $1,821.85
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $6,300.79 $458.05 – $1,618.56
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $6,300.79 $618.61 – $1,618.56
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $6,300.79 $380.36 – $1,618.56
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $6,300.79 $833.07 – $1,691.72
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $9,693.53 $325.33 – $1,618.56

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