Pr repair sprfcl wd simple face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 2.6-5.0 cm 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

$215.88

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.

$514.00

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.

$77.10 with Centene vs $12,765.09 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 $77.10 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $105.92 ↓ -51%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $143.92 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $188.66 ↓ -13%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $188.66 ↓ -13%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $192.36 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -10%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -10%
United Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -10%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -10%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $193.65 ↓ -10%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $197.52 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $199.46 ↓ -8%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $203.33 ↓ -6%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $203.33 ↓ -6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $236.44 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $241.58 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $267.28 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $267.28 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $308.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $364.94 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $385.50 ↑ +79%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $429.90 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $436.90 ↑ +102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +225%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +341%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +503%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +5042%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +5042%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↑ +5042%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +5813%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +5813%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +5813%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +5813%

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Pr repair sprfcl wd simple face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 2.6-5.0 cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $257.40 $190.20 – $266.28
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $351.00 $17.79 – $434.48
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $351.00 $17.79 – $386.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $351.00 $17.79 – $264.42
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $351.00 $17.79 – $274.44
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $386.00 $17.79 – $386.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $405.00 $18.43 – $434.67
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $310.80 $190.20 – $266.28

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