Vaccine tdap >=7 years 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

$99.75

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.

$237.48

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.

$25.58 with Centene vs $144.91 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 $25.58 ↓ -74%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $32.51 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $39.09 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $39.09 ↓ -61%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $43.35 ↓ -57%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $47.74 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Plans $63.74 ↓ -36%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $77.10 ↓ -23%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $78.43 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|ACO $80.45 ↓ -19%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $80.74 ↓ -19%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $88.65 ↓ -11%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $102.29 ↑ +3%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $121.05 ↑ +21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $127.86 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $127.86 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $144.91 ↑ +45%

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Vaccine tdap >=7 years im at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $96.27 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $231.55 $29.27 – $85.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $231.55 $33.38 – $178.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $231.55 $39.71 – $200.36
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $231.55 $23.21 – $82.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $115.70 $39.71 – $178.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $235.85 $19.27 – $140.34
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $231.55 $33.38 – $186.05

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