Injection, edaravone, 1 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

$968.02

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.

$2,304.80

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.

$18.36 with United vs $1,959.08 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
United Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -98%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -98%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $18.52 ↓ -98%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $18.73 ↓ -98%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $18.91 ↓ -98%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $19.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $19.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $21.48 ↓ -98%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $21.48 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $21.83 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $21.83 ↓ -98%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $21.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $24.70 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Plans $35.77 ↓ -96%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $40.76 ↓ -96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $41.67 ↓ -96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $41.67 ↓ -96%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $41.67 ↓ -96%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $44.02 ↓ -95%
Medica Commercial|ACO $45.82 ↓ -95%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $46.10 ↓ -95%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $47.93 ↓ -95%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $47.93 ↓ -95%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $47.93 ↓ -95%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $47.93 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $345.72 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $645.35 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,060.21 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,198.50 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,382.88 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,636.41 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,728.60 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,728.60 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,959.08 ↑ +102%

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Injection, edaravone, 1 mg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $1,106.31 $21.83 – $2,258.71
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $1,129.36 $21.83 – $2,258.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport not published $18.84 – $26.38
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport not published $18.03 – $26.38
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $19.21 – $28.36
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $19.21 – $71.96
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $19.21 – $28.36
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines not published $19.21 – $28.36

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