Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$64.68

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$154.00

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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.

$23.10 with Centene vs $278.88 with AMPS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $23.10 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $43.12 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $60.91 ↓ -6%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $68.44 ↑ +6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $70.84 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|ACO $73.14 ↑ +13%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $92.40 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $92.40 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $100.10 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $109.34 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $113.96 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $115.50 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $115.50 ↑ +79%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $122.39 ↑ +89%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $122.39 ↑ +89%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $124.79 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $125.62 ↑ +94%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $125.62 ↑ +94%
United Medicare|All Plans $125.62 ↑ +94%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $125.62 ↑ +94%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $125.62 ↑ +94%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $128.13 ↑ +98%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $129.39 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $130.90 ↑ +102%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $131.90 ↑ +104%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $131.90 ↑ +104%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $278.88 ↑ +331%

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $86.40 $74.75 – $123.39
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $95.55 $52.48 – $265.84
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $151.45 $88.07 – $262.26
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $148.85 $64.81 – $284.72
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $151.45 $89.05 – $233.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $104.00 $37.60 – $265.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $151.45 $119.93 – $243.53
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $215.00 $43.22 – $258.30

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