Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im 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

$861.32

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.

$2,050.75

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.

$23.89 with BCBS - NE vs $1,743.14 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $23.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $31.86 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $42.64 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $42.64 ↓ -95%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $83.58 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|ACO $85.34 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $87.52 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Plans $88.32 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $307.62 ↓ -64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $574.21 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $943.35 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,066.39 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,230.45 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,456.04 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,538.07 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,538.07 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,743.14 ↑ +102%

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Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $84.19 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $38.35 $21.06 – $59.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $100.00 $22.17 – $75.24
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $36.40 $21.17 – $63.03
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $220.20 $16.70 – $59.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $36.40 $21.40 – $56.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $38.35 $13.87 – $168.36
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $36.40 $28.82 – $58.53

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