Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval 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

$14,044.38

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.

$33,439.00

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.

$857.72 with Medica vs $41,260.90 with AMPS — 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 $857.72 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $5,015.85 ↓ -64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↓ -35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↓ -35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $9,362.92 ↓ -33%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↓ -25%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↓ -25%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↓ -25%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $15,381.94 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $15,716.33 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $17,388.28 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $18,106.80 ↑ +29%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $18,106.80 ↑ +29%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $18,461.83 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18,585.99 ↑ +32%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $18,585.99 ↑ +32%
United Medicare|All Plans $18,585.99 ↑ +32%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $18,585.99 ↑ +32%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $18,585.99 ↑ +32%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $18,957.71 ↑ +35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $19,143.57 ↑ +36%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $19,515.29 ↑ +39%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $19,515.29 ↑ +39%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $20,063.40 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $21,735.35 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $23,741.69 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $25,079.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $25,079.25 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $28,252.00 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28,423.15 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $38,526.00 ↑ +174%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $41,260.90 ↑ +194%

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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $18,978.60 $18,255.30 – $20,560.15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $20,005.70 $10,987.75 – $38,486.60
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $28,743.00 $5,777.34 – $37,394.89
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $18,682.95 $133.77 – $37,394.89
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $21,123.60 $18,255.30 – $22,883.90
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $5,119.40 $133.77 – $37,219.27
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $33,357.24 $412.84 – $21,974.08
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $27,345.64 $412.84 – $18,374.14

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