Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system 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

$8,748.18

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.

$20,829.00

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.

$638.59 with Medica vs $22,641.98 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $638.59 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,749.50 ↓ -69%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $5,132.40 ↓ -41%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,515.30 ↓ -14%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -8%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $8,431.80 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Plans $8,615.10 ↓ -2%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +6%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +6%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +6%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $9,531.60 ↑ +9%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $9,936.13 ↑ +14%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $9,936.13 ↑ +14%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $10,130.95 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +17%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +17%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +17%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +17%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $10,199.09 ↑ +17%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $10,403.07 ↑ +19%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $10,505.06 ↑ +20%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10,709.04 ↑ +22%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $10,709.04 ↑ +22%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $10,998.00 ↑ +26%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $13,014.30 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,706.00 ↑ +57%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $13,747.50 ↑ +57%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $13,747.50 ↑ +57%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15,580.50 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $18,690.00 ↑ +114%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $22,641.98 ↑ +159%

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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $11,412.00 $10,017.62 – $12,363.00
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $17,398.53 $3.36 – $20,884.03
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $16,807.05 $7,317.53 – $25,857.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $31,609.92 $9.09 – $20,291.63
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $8,220.55 $3,237.63 – $22,644.02
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $12,702.00 $10,017.62 – $13,760.50
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $780.60 $928.00 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $15,602.60 $100.54 – $20,196.34

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