Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at CHI Health Missouri Valley

631 North 8th Street, Missouri Valley, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1508964123

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$167.09

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.

$341.00

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.

$37.00 with United vs $145.04 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
United Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↓ -78%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↓ -78%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $37.74 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $38.85 ↓ -77%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $38.85 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $63.64 ↓ -62%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $64.92 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $64.92 ↓ -61%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $66.19 ↓ -60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $82.14 ↓ -51%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $84.36 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $84.36 ↓ -50%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $133.57 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $134.68 ↓ -19%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $134.68 ↓ -19%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $140.60 ↓ -16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $142.08 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Plans $142.08 ↓ -15%
Medica Commercial|ACO $142.08 ↓ -15%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $142.08 ↓ -15%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $142.08 ↓ -15%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $142.08 ↓ -15%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $142.08 ↓ -15%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $145.04 ↓ -13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $145.04 ↓ -13%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $251.40 $272.35 – $282.56
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,293.63 $3.44 – $475.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $534.30 $9.24 – $656.86
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $4,715.00 $289.73 – $3,143.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $1,199.00 $9.24 – $475.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $421.85 $9.24 – $665.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $291.00 $282.56 – $315.25
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $291.00 $127.02 – $164.90

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