Ndl insj without njx 1 or 2 musc 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

$18.90

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.

$45.00

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.

$6.75 with Centene vs $3,259.25 with Timpte — 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 $6.75 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $20.70 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $21.15 ↑ +12%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↑ +26%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↑ +26%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↑ +26%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $24.35 ↑ +29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↑ +30%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $25.06 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $25.06 ↑ +33%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $27.00 ↑ +43%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $27.00 ↑ +43%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|ACO $29.15 ↑ +54%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $31.95 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $33.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $38.25 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $52.99 ↑ +180%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $158.00 ↑ +736%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +4942%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +6789%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +14895%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +14895%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +14895%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +17145%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +17145%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +17145%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +17145%

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Ndl insj without njx 1 or 2 musc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $30.00 $23.44 – $32.82
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $121.00 $33.20 – $121.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $78.65 $27.38 – $121.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $33.60 $23.44 – $32.82
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $33.60 $19.04 – $40.88
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $42.90 $8.23 – $58.94
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $24.00 $13.90 – $36.89
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $24.00 $13.90 – $45.12

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