Graft sft tiss theraskin lg 5.1x7.6cm meshed 39 sq cm-q4121-cost per sq cm 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

$1,271.03

Cash price

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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.

$3,026.25

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.

$39.30 with BCBS - NE vs $2,572.32 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $39.30 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $46.13 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $46.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $52.40 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Plans $79.94 ↓ -94%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $91.10 ↓ -93%
Medica Commercial|ACO $94.50 ↓ -93%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $95.40 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $453.94 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $847.35 ↓ -33%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $877.62 ↓ -31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $877.62 ↓ -31%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $877.62 ↓ -31%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $998.67 ↓ -21%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $998.67 ↓ -21%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $998.67 ↓ -21%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $998.67 ↓ -21%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,392.08 ↑ +10%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,815.75 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,148.64 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,269.69 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,269.69 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,269.69 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,572.32 ↑ +102%

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Graft sft tiss theraskin lg 5.1x7.6cm meshed 39 sq cm-q4121-cost per sq cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $476.79 $15.78 – $81.42
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $593.87 $38.26 – $96.64
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $476.79 $30.78 – $91.65
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $476.79 $15.78 – $81.42
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $476.79 $31.12 – $81.42
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $476.79 $14.12 – $81.42
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $476.79 $41.91 – $85.10
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $733.52 $13.29 – $81.42

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