Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$7,058.52

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.

$16,806.00

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.

$910.39 with Medica vs $28,966.00 with Medica — 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $910.39 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,378.25 ↓ -66%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $4,439.40 ↓ -37%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6,500.55 ↓ -8%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $7,293.30 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,451.85 ↑ +6%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $8,244.60 ↑ +17%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +31%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +31%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +31%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $9,513.00 ↑ +35%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $9,936.13 ↑ +41%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $9,936.13 ↑ +41%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $10,130.95 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +44%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +44%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +44%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +44%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $10,403.07 ↑ +47%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $10,505.06 ↑ +49%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $10,709.04 ↑ +52%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10,709.04 ↑ +52%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $11,257.05 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $11,891.25 ↑ +68%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $11,891.25 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13,476.75 ↑ +91%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $21,243.00 ↑ +201%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $22,641.98 ↑ +221%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $28,966.00 ↑ +310%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $11,412.00 $10,017.62 – $12,363.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $7,577.70 $2,343.26 – $20,291.63
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