Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$8,103.90

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.

$19,295.00

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.

$609.69 with Medica vs $22,641.98 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 $609.69 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,894.25 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $5,402.60 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,910.95 ↓ -2%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -1%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -1%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -1%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $8,875.70 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $9,068.65 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +14%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +14%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +14%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $9,936.13 ↑ +23%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $9,936.13 ↑ +23%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $10,033.40 ↑ +24%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $10,130.95 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +26%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +26%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +26%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +26%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $10,403.07 ↑ +28%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $10,505.06 ↑ +30%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10,709.04 ↑ +32%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $10,709.04 ↑ +32%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $11,577.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $13,699.45 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,706.00 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $14,471.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $14,471.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,400.75 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $18,690.00 ↑ +131%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $22,641.98 ↑ +179%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $11,412.00 $10,017.62 – $12,363.00
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $9,743.50 $5,351.43 – $20,884.03
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $9,929.40 $96.81 – $20,291.63
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $20,512.05 $8,078.59 – $31,557.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $13,181.40 $10,017.62 – $14,024.67
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $859.80 $928.00 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $17,323.56 $293.07 – $11,411.89
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $823.20 $293.07 – $9,201.42

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