Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ini vein 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

$11,051.88

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.

$26,314.00

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.

$547.60 with Medica vs $24,535.60 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 $547.60 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $3,947.10 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $7,367.92 ↓ -33%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -27%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -27%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↓ -27%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↓ -16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↓ -16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↓ -16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $10,767.11 ↓ -3%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $10,767.11 ↓ -3%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $10,788.74 ↓ -2%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $10,978.23 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +0%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +0%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +0%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +0%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $11,052.07 ↑ +0%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $11,273.11 ↑ +2%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $11,383.63 ↑ +3%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11,604.67 ↑ +5%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $11,604.67 ↑ +5%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $12,104.44 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Plans $12,367.58 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $13,683.28 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,706.00 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $15,788.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $18,682.94 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $18,690.00 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $19,735.50 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $19,735.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $22,366.90 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $24,535.60 ↑ +122%

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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ini vein at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $13,900.80 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $45,198.40 $86.37 – $46,358.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $28,694.25 $7,534.08 – $29,430.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $15,471.60 not published
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $20,939.08 $264.79 – $13,793.62
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $20,497.92 $264.79 – $20,497.91
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $15,408.00 $264.79 – $11,283.46
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $15,653.44 $264.79 – $10,926.09

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