Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$6,730.15

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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.

$13,735.00

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.

$4,370.10 with United vs $12,236.28 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 $4,370.10 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,370.10 ↓ -35%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $4,370.10 ↓ -35%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $4,370.10 ↓ -35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $4,457.51 ↓ -34%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4,588.61 ↓ -32%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $4,588.61 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $5,368.98 ↓ -20%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $5,476.36 ↓ -19%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $5,476.36 ↓ -19%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $5,583.74 ↓ -17%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $7,117.02 ↑ +6%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $7,117.02 ↑ +6%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $9,701.63 ↑ +44%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $11,268.62 ↑ +67%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $11,362.26 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $11,362.26 ↑ +69%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $11,861.70 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|All Plans $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $11,986.56 ↑ +78%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $12,236.28 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,236.28 ↑ +82%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $8,534.40 $6,838.12 – $7,396.35
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $29,128.50 $4.92 – $14,498.57
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $29,607.15 $144.63 – $14,087.30
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $11,850.80 $6,868.44 – $18,232.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $19,865.95 $7,021.09 – $30,563.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $9,857.40 $6,838.12 – $9,573.37
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,156.80 $928.00 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $13,650.00 $4,935.00 – $21,000.00

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