Inj alymsys 10 mg 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

$3,047.66

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.

$7,256.32

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.

$272.12 with Centene vs $1,541.99 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 $272.12 ↓ -91%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $507.95 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $834.49 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $907.05 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $907.05 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $943.34 ↓ -69%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,088.46 ↓ -64%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,288.02 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,342.44 ↓ -56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,360.58 ↓ -55%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,360.58 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,541.99 ↓ -49%

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Inj alymsys 10 mg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,199.10 $32.35 – $1,199.10
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,199.10 $32.35 – $1,199.10
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $1,199.10 $32.35 – $1,199.10
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,199.10 $32.35 – $1,199.10
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $112.55 $26.66 – $46.49
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $113.68 $43.45 – $247.82
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon $2,472.50 $236.24 – $746.01
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $3,483.04 $780.07 – $1,777.82

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