Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img 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

$1,216.32

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.

$2,896.00

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.

$434.40 with Centene vs $2,824.44 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 $434.40 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $461.77 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $550.86 ↓ -55%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $576.85 ↓ -53%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $777.61 ↓ -36%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $810.88 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Plans $962.80 ↓ -21%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,239.46 ↑ +2%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,239.46 ↑ +2%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,263.77 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,272.27 ↑ +5%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,272.27 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,272.27 ↑ +5%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,272.27 ↑ +5%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,272.27 ↑ +5%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $1,297.72 ↑ +7%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,310.44 ↑ +8%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,332.16 ↑ +10%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,335.88 ↑ +10%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,335.88 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,344.35 ↑ +11%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,344.35 ↑ +11%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,344.35 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,505.92 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,505.92 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,546.00 ↑ +27%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,546.00 ↑ +27%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,546.00 ↑ +27%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,546.00 ↑ +27%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,737.60 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,056.16 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,172.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,461.60 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $2,824.44 ↑ +132%

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,266.60 $1,249.63 – $1,372.15
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,181.40 $512.50 – $3,356.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,383.00 $1,249.63 – $1,498.25
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,940.25 $511.54 – $2,986.36
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,728.42 $34.15 – $1,797.34
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,364.25 $34.15 – $2,364.25
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $710.40 $34.15 – $1,298.91
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,898.74 $34.15 – $1,257.77

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