Partial removal foot fascia 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

$1,322.58

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.

$3,149.00

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.

$472.35 with Centene vs $7,019.80 with AMPS — 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 $472.35 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $694.93 ↓ -47%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $881.72 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,291.09 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,448.54 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,480.03 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,637.48 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,637.48 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,889.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,235.79 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,361.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,676.65 ↑ +102%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +129%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +129%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,034.03 ↑ +129%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3,080.54 ↑ +133%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3,080.54 ↑ +133%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,140.95 ↑ +137%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,162.07 ↑ +139%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,162.07 ↑ +139%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,162.07 ↑ +139%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,162.07 ↑ +139%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,162.07 ↑ +139%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,225.31 ↑ +144%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,256.93 ↑ +146%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,320.17 ↑ +151%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,320.17 ↑ +151%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +164%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +164%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +164%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,489.13 ↑ +164%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $3,725.00 ↑ +182%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $5,081.00 ↑ +284%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $7,019.80 ↑ +431%

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Partial removal foot fascia at other Iowa hospitals

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $930.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $4,659.60 $3,105.81 – $4,348.13
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $977.40 $928.00 – $2,679.00
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UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,612.80 $331.05 – $2,689.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,612.80 $331.05 – $2,852.76
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,612.80 $331.05 – $3,228.27
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,612.80 $331.05 – $3,126.02

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