Insert pm/icd lead dual 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

$5,400.78

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.

$12,859.00

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.

$665.68 with Medica vs $17,905.28 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 $665.68 ↓ -88%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,865.10 ↓ -65%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,481.52 ↓ -36%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,097.94 ↓ -6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $5,719.64 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|All Plans $5,843.98 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $6,465.68 ↑ +20%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $7,460.40 ↑ +38%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $7,857.49 ↑ +45%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $7,857.49 ↑ +45%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $8,011.56 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,065.44 ↑ +49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $8,065.44 ↑ +49%
United Medicare|All Plans $8,065.44 ↑ +49%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $8,065.44 ↑ +49%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $8,065.44 ↑ +49%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $8,226.75 ↑ +52%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $8,307.40 ↑ +54%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8,468.71 ↑ +57%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $8,468.71 ↑ +57%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,828.14 ↑ +63%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↑ +70%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↑ +70%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↑ +70%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $9,325.50 ↑ +73%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $9,325.50 ↑ +73%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $9,391.00 ↑ +74%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,568.90 ↑ +96%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $12,807.00 ↑ +137%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $17,905.28 ↑ +232%

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $3,541.80 $3,836.95 – $7,921.93
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