In-111 pentetate dtpa / 0.5 mci 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

$6,500.34

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.

$15,477.00

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.

$697.09 with United vs $13,155.45 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
United Medicare|All Plans $697.09 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $697.09 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $697.09 ↓ -89%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $697.09 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $697.09 ↓ -89%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $711.03 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $718.00 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $731.94 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $731.94 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,180.23 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,452.67 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,521.20 ↓ -77%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,547.54 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,869.40 ↓ -71%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,321.55 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $4,333.56 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $7,119.42 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $8,048.04 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $8,048.04 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $9,286.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $10,988.67 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $11,607.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13,155.45 ↑ +102%

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In-111 pentetate dtpa / 0.5 mci at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $11,163.95 $730.71 – $11,163.95
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $11,163.95 $4,419.81 – $11,163.95
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $11,163.95 $4,219.97 – $12,566.14
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $11,163.95 $730.71 – $11,163.95
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $11,163.95 $4,266.86 – $11,163.95
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $11,163.95 $730.71 – $11,163.95
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $11,163.95 $5,746.09 – $11,668.56
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $11,163.95 $730.71 – $11,163.95

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