Radiotherapy dose plan imrt 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

$5,414.22

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.

$12,891.00

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.

$1,299.07 with Amerigroup vs $10,957.35 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,299.07 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,299.07 ↓ -76%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,324.54 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,333.45 ↓ -75%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,333.45 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,333.45 ↓ -75%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,333.45 ↓ -75%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,333.45 ↓ -75%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $1,360.12 ↓ -75%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,373.45 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,400.12 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,400.12 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,933.65 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $2,688.44 ↓ -50%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $2,960.26 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $3,514.03 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,609.48 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $3,679.82 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $5,929.86 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $6,703.32 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $6,703.32 ↑ +24%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $6,981.66 ↑ +29%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $6,981.66 ↑ +29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $6,981.66 ↑ +29%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $7,734.60 ↑ +43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $8,028.92 ↑ +48%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $8,028.92 ↑ +48%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $8,028.92 ↑ +48%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $8,028.92 ↑ +48%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $8,379.15 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $9,152.61 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $9,539.34 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $9,668.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,957.35 ↑ +102%

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Radiotherapy dose plan imrt at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $4,449.60 $1,309.73 – $1,833.62
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $6,325.80 $267.32 – $9,732.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $6,538.35 $1,239.00 – $10,059.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $6,917.95 $267.32 – $10,643.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $5,786.00 $270.72 – $7,305.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $4,859.40 $1,309.73 – $1,833.62
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $7,255.95 $267.32 – $11,660.78
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $3,496.80 $392.83 – $1,134.12

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