Inj retro urethrocysto 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

$338.52

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.

$806.00

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.

$120.90 with Centene vs $12,765.09 with One World — 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 $120.90 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $121.38 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $225.68 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $330.46 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $370.76 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $378.82 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $419.12 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $419.12 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $483.60 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $572.26 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $604.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $685.10 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +182%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +285%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +3179%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +3179%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +3179%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +3671%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +3671%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +3671%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +3671%

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Inj retro urethrocysto at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $184.80 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,975.05 $919.98 – $4,577.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $213.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $213.60 $121.04 – $259.88
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $551.29 $58.63 – $363.16
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $296.80 $58.63 – $236.42
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $296.80 $58.63 – $154.50
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $352.72 $58.63 – $154.50

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