Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$9,665.04

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.

$23,012.00

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.

$437.98 with Medica vs $19,560.20 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $437.98 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $3,451.80 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $5,413.21 ↓ -44%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $5,413.21 ↓ -44%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $5,519.35 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,556.47 ↓ -43%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5,556.47 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,556.47 ↓ -43%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $5,556.47 ↓ -43%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5,556.47 ↓ -43%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $5,667.60 ↓ -41%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5,723.16 ↓ -41%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5,834.29 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,834.29 ↓ -40%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $6,443.36 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $9,391.00 ↓ -3%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $9,434.92 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $10,585.52 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $10,815.64 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $11,966.24 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $11,966.24 ↑ +24%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $12,335.36 ↑ +28%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $12,557.99 ↑ +30%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $12,557.99 ↑ +30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $12,557.99 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $12,807.00 ↑ +33%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $13,807.20 ↑ +43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +49%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +49%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +49%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $14,441.69 ↑ +49%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $16,338.52 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $17,259.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19,560.20 ↑ +102%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $7,486.80 $2,948.40 – $5,457.61
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $14,720.12 $2.28 – $13,696.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $8,717.80 $3,795.60 – $13,412.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $28,014.72 $9.09 – $23,982.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $17,940.44 $9.09 – $14,561.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $8,436.60 $3,406.00 – $5,457.61
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $10,836.94 $9.09 – $10,997.78
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $10,528.64 $210.14 – $6,935.74

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