Injection, burosumab-twza 1m 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

$26,708.64

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.

$63,592.00

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.

$394.60 with BCBS - NE vs $14,811.25 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $394.60 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $437.97 ↓ -98%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $437.97 ↓ -98%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $446.56 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $447.86 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $447.86 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $469.32 ↓ -98%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $469.32 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $469.32 ↓ -98%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $469.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $469.32 ↓ -98%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $478.71 ↓ -98%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $483.40 ↓ -98%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $492.79 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $492.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $526.13 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Plans $775.05 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $845.06 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $884.93 ↓ -97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $902.86 ↓ -97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $902.86 ↓ -97%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $902.86 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|ACO $931.35 ↓ -97%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,038.28 ↓ -96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,038.28 ↓ -96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,038.28 ↓ -96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,038.28 ↓ -96%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,041.89 ↓ -96%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,613.75 ↓ -90%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $4,879.00 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $8,015.50 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $9,061.00 ↓ -66%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $10,455.00 ↓ -61%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $12,371.75 ↓ -54%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $13,068.75 ↓ -51%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $13,068.75 ↓ -51%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,811.25 ↓ -45%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $30,524.16 $447.86 – $17,076.50
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $31,160.08 $447.86 – $17,076.50
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UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $396.75 – $1,394.39
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