Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$982.80

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.

$2,340.00

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.

$322.95 with Centene vs $1,830.05 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $322.95 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|ACO $463.24 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $511.05 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $511.05 ↓ -48%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $521.07 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↓ -47%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↓ -47%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↓ -47%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↓ -47%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $535.07 ↓ -46%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $540.32 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $550.81 ↓ -44%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $550.81 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $555.04 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $581.22 ↓ -41%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $602.84 ↓ -39%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $749.43 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Plans $927.90 ↓ -6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $990.38 ↑ +1%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,119.56 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,119.56 ↑ +14%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,164.57 ↑ +18%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,287.94 ↑ +31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,287.94 ↑ +31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,287.94 ↑ +31%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,291.80 ↑ +31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,481.14 ↑ +51%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,481.14 ↑ +51%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,481.14 ↑ +51%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,481.14 ↑ +51%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,528.63 ↑ +56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,614.75 ↑ +64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,830.05 ↑ +86%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $655.80 $515.24 – $568.10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,679.60 $487.13 – $2,584.00
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MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,066.00 $419.84 – $1,640.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $716.40 $515.24 – $721.34
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,193.40 $431.46 – $1,836.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,894.01 $35.94 – $1,247.68
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $689.60 $35.94 – $473.26

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