Repair lip full thkns =<one-half vert height 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

$686.70

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.

$1,635.00

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.

$245.25 with Centene vs $9,248.33 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $245.25 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $457.80 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $483.50 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $483.50 ↓ -30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $492.98 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $496.29 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $496.29 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $496.29 ↓ -28%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $496.29 ↓ -28%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $496.29 ↓ -28%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $506.22 ↓ -26%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $511.18 ↓ -26%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $521.10 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $521.10 ↓ -24%
Medica Commercial|ACO $683.91 ↓ -0%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $752.10 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $768.45 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $850.20 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $850.20 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +39%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $981.00 ↑ +43%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,101.76 ↑ +60%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,160.85 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,226.25 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,389.75 ↑ +102%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +1071%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +1071%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +1071%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +1247%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +1247%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +1247%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +1247%

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Repair lip full thkns =<one-half vert height at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $903.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $948.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $948.00 $928.00 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,245.60 $328.62 – $760.94
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,245.60 $328.62 – $1,432.44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,245.60 $328.62 – $825.58
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,245.60 $328.62 – $711.70
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,245.60 $328.62 – $871.27

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