Prq card revasc mi 1 vsl drug-eluting 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

$11,544.96

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.

$27,488.00

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.

$1,482.00 with Medica vs $21,495.65 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
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,482.00 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,895.00 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,019.00 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $3,793.35 ↓ -67%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $7,080.92 ↓ -39%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $10,368.49 ↓ -10%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↓ -4%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↓ -4%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $11,100.08 ↓ -4%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $11,632.94 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|All Plans $11,885.83 ↑ +3%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +11%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +11%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +11%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $12,765.09 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $13,150.28 ↑ +14%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $15,173.40 ↑ +31%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $17,955.19 ↑ +56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $18,966.75 ↑ +64%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $18,966.75 ↑ +64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21,495.65 ↑ +86%

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Prq card revasc mi 1 vsl drug-eluting at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $14,635.40 $8,038.21 – $22,516.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $23,895.30 $10,403.65 – $36,762.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $22,922.90 $7,088.47 – $35,266.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $15,800.20 $6,222.85 – $24,308.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $21,099.65 $7,628.34 – $32,461.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $19,356.76 $8,976.70 – $15,654.78
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $16,239.64 $6,637.95 – $16,239.64
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $17,651.36 $4,501.10 – $10,811.46

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