Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion 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

$2,230.62

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.

$5,311.00

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.

$349.29 with Medica vs $4,514.35 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $349.29 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $796.65 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,474.89 ↓ -34%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,474.89 ↓ -34%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,487.08 ↓ -33%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,503.81 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,513.92 ↓ -32%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,513.92 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,513.92 ↓ -32%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,513.92 ↓ -32%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,513.92 ↓ -32%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $1,544.20 ↓ -31%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,559.34 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,589.62 ↓ -29%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,589.62 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,701.00 ↓ -24%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $2,177.51 ↓ -2%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,322.00 ↑ +4%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,443.06 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,496.17 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,761.72 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +27%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +27%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +27%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $3,186.60 ↑ +43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +46%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +46%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +46%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +46%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,360.90 ↑ +51%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,770.81 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,983.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,983.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,514.35 ↑ +102%

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Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,207.40 $1,486.98 – $1,793.35
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $13,611.55 $0.96 – $6,308.93
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $11,930.78 $8.81 – $3,368.62
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $632.00 $7.49 – $65.28
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $20,954.16 $9.09 – $8,814.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $791.00 $8.81 – $65.28
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $7,399.55 $1,490.03 – $3,056.08
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $5,459.70 $1,202.94 – $4,699.00

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