Treat wrist dislocation 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

$474.60

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.

$1,130.00

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.

$169.50 with Centene vs $3,259.25 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 $169.50 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $227.76 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $227.76 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $232.22 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -51%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -51%
United Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -51%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -51%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $233.78 ↓ -51%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $238.46 ↓ -50%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $240.79 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $245.47 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $245.47 ↓ -48%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $316.40 ↓ -33%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $518.99 ↑ +9%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $519.80 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $531.10 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $587.60 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $587.60 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $678.00 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +48%
Medica Commercial|ACO $794.77 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $802.30 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $847.50 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $960.50 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +174%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +497%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +497%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +497%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +587%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +587%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +587%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +587%

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MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $1,445.00 $96.89 – $999.33
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,169.60 $198.83 – $834.90
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UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,169.60 $111.69 – $834.90
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $2,169.60 $105.33 – $257.38
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $2,169.60 $225.58 – $514.33
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $2,169.60 $212.45 – $834.90

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