Biopsy needle lymph node superficial 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

$817.81

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.

$1,669.00

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.

$177.80 with United vs $497.84 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 $177.80 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $177.80 ↓ -78%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $177.80 ↓ -78%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $177.80 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $181.36 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $186.69 ↓ -77%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $186.69 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $218.44 ↓ -73%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $222.81 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $222.81 ↓ -73%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $227.18 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $289.56 ↓ -65%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $289.56 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $394.72 ↓ -52%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $458.47 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $462.28 ↓ -43%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $462.28 ↓ -43%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $482.60 ↓ -41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $487.68 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Plans $487.68 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|ACO $487.68 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $487.68 ↓ -40%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $487.68 ↓ -40%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $487.68 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $487.68 ↓ -40%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $497.84 ↓ -39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $497.84 ↓ -39%

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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $665.40 $576.55 – $1,550.93
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,561.30 $77.42 – $3,300.04
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,875.30 $77.42 – $3,974.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,226.90 $77.42 – $3,206.43
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $13,342.76 $77.42 – $8,370.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $768.60 $832.65 – $1,550.93
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $4,282.85 $77.42 – $4,084.56
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $692.88 $77.42 – $1,342.97

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