Trnscath tx thromblytc vein ini day 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

$1,145.34

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.

$2,727.00

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.

$396.30 with Centene vs $6,809.69 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $396.30 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $608.96 ↓ -47%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $739.76 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,215.32 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,241.74 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,373.84 ↑ +20%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,373.84 ↑ +20%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,585.20 ↑ +38%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,875.82 ↑ +64%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,981.50 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,245.70 ↑ +96%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +147%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +147%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +147%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,988.33 ↑ +161%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,988.33 ↑ +161%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,046.93 ↑ +166%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +168%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +168%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +168%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +168%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +168%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,128.78 ↑ +173%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,159.45 ↑ +176%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +181%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +181%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +185%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +185%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +185%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +185%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $4,801.00 ↑ +319%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,546.00 ↑ +472%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,809.69 ↑ +495%

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Trnscath tx thromblytc vein ini day at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,566.00 $1,696.50 – $3,012.85
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $386.75 $79.80 – $397.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $386.75 $101.63 – $397.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,809.00 $1,959.75 – $3,012.85
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $509.40 $619.77 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,993.84 $293.98 – $2,608.88
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $6,262.04 $293.98 – $6,262.03
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,696.00 $293.98 – $3,131.65

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