Vaccine mmr live subcutaneous 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

$547.12

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.

$1,302.65

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.

$64.26 with Centene vs $364.10 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 $64.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $78.25 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $92.49 ↓ -83%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $92.49 ↓ -83%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $104.33 ↓ -81%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $119.94 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $184.75 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Plans $185.08 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $193.47 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $194.23 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $197.05 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $222.75 ↓ -59%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $257.01 ↓ -53%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $304.13 ↓ -44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $321.27 ↓ -41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $321.27 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $364.10 ↓ -33%

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Vaccine mmr live subcutaneous at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $176.24 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $466.05 $45.70 – $128.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $213.00 $48.30 – $156.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $466.05 $46.12 – $137.32
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $466.05 $36.22 – $156.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $79.30 $46.63 – $122.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $83.20 $30.08 – $353.89
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $466.05 $62.79 – $127.51

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