Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution 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

$42.91

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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.

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.

$102.16

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.

$14.93 with Centene vs $84.58 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.93 ↓ -65%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $17.66 ↓ -59%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $20.87 ↓ -51%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $20.87 ↓ -51%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $23.54 ↓ -45%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $27.86 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $41.16 ↓ -4%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $41.51 ↓ -3%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $41.94 ↓ -2%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $41.94 ↓ -2%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $41.94 ↓ -2%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $43.47 ↑ +1%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $45.77 ↑ +7%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $48.24 ↑ +12%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $48.24 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $48.24 ↑ +12%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $48.24 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $51.74 ↑ +21%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $59.70 ↑ +39%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $70.65 ↑ +65%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $74.63 ↑ +74%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $74.63 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.58 ↑ +97%

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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $26.36 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $104.35 $22.06 – $104.35
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $104.35 $22.06 – $104.35
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $104.35 $22.06 – $117.46
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $104.35 $22.06 – $104.35
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $104.35 $22.06 – $104.35
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $104.35 $22.06 – $104.35
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $104.35 $22.06 – $109.07

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