Mayo valpg valproic acid free therapeutic drug level 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

$127.26

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.

$303.00

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.

$13.12 with Amerigroup vs $257.55 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $13.12 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $13.12 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $13.37 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -89%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -89%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $13.81 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $13.95 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $14.22 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $14.22 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $25.85 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $27.84 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $29.15 ↓ -77%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $30.06 ↓ -76%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $43.66 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $45.45 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Plans $56.96 ↓ -55%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $84.84 ↓ -33%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $92.70 ↓ -27%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $92.70 ↓ -27%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $92.70 ↓ -27%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $106.61 ↓ -16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $106.61 ↓ -16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $106.61 ↓ -16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $106.61 ↓ -16%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $139.38 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $157.56 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $157.56 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $181.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $215.13 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $227.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $257.55 ↑ +102%

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $43.20 $13.54 – $13.54
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