Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$625.80

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.

$1,490.00

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.

$223.50 with Centene vs $1,752.89 with United — 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 $223.50 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $403.86 ↓ -35%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $403.86 ↓ -35%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $411.78 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -33%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -33%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -33%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -33%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $417.20 ↓ -33%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $425.12 ↓ -32%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $429.28 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $437.62 ↓ -30%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $437.62 ↓ -30%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $685.40 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $774.80 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $774.80 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|ACO $802.70 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $856.90 ↑ +37%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $894.00 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $897.33 ↑ +43%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $925.25 ↑ +48%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,057.90 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,117.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,266.50 ↑ +102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,343.43 ↑ +115%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,490.00 ↑ +138%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,752.89 ↑ +180%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,000.20 $416.78 – $416.78
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,010.10 $353.56 – $966.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $579.80 $353.14 – $892.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $579.80 $337.18 – $1,004.04
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $798.85 $273.38 – $966.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $579.80 $340.92 – $892.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $964.00 $210.80 – $1,134.13
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $579.80 $459.11 – $932.32

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