Infect ag eia influenza a or b ea 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

$129.36

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.

$308.00

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.

$13.69 with Amerigroup vs $261.80 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $13.69 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $13.69 ↓ -89%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $13.96 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.13 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $14.13 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.13 ↓ -89%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $14.13 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $14.13 ↓ -89%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $14.41 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $14.55 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $14.84 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $14.84 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $27.11 ↓ -79%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $29.05 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $30.42 ↓ -76%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $31.37 ↓ -76%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $38.63 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $46.20 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↓ -61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $82.05 ↓ -37%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $82.05 ↓ -37%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $82.05 ↓ -37%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $86.24 ↓ -33%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $94.35 ↓ -27%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $94.35 ↓ -27%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $94.35 ↓ -27%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $94.35 ↓ -27%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $141.68 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $160.16 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $160.16 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $184.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $218.68 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $231.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $261.80 ↑ +102%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $466.00 $19.11 – $50.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $489.00 $13.69 – $51.83
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $63.05 $13.69 – $97.00
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UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $38.58 $3.50 – $38.58
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $38.58 $8.48 – $19.43
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $38.58 $8.48 – $19.78
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $38.58 $8.48 – $42.77

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