Rmvl tv pm lead sgl 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

$1,106.28

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.

$2,634.00

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.

$378.75 with Centene vs $10,563.53 with Timpte — 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 $378.75 ↓ -66%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $707.00 ↓ -36%
Medica Commercial|ACO $871.23 ↓ -21%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,035.25 ↓ -6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,161.50 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,186.75 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,313.00 ↑ +19%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,515.00 ↑ +37%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,792.75 ↑ +62%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,893.75 ↑ +71%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,893.75 ↑ +71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,146.25 ↑ +94%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3,455.27 ↑ +212%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3,455.27 ↑ +212%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,523.02 ↑ +218%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,546.72 ↑ +221%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,546.72 ↑ +221%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,546.72 ↑ +221%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,546.72 ↑ +221%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,546.72 ↑ +221%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,617.65 ↑ +227%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,653.12 ↑ +230%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,724.06 ↑ +237%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,724.06 ↑ +237%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $4,801.00 ↑ +334%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,546.00 ↑ +492%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $7,873.72 ↑ +612%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↑ +730%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↑ +730%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $9,185.68 ↑ +730%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +855%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +855%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +855%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $10,563.53 ↑ +855%

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $3,702.60 $3,483.61 – $4,011.15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $6,654.05 $3,352.60 – $10,237.00
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