Biopsy of prostate 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

$453.74

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.

$926.00

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.

$324.10 with United vs $907.48 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 $324.10 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $324.10 ↓ -29%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $324.10 ↓ -29%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $324.10 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $330.59 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $340.31 ↓ -25%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $340.31 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $398.18 ↓ -12%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $406.15 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $406.15 ↓ -10%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $414.11 ↓ -9%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $527.82 ↑ +16%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $527.82 ↑ +16%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $719.51 ↑ +59%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $835.72 ↑ +84%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $842.66 ↑ +86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $842.66 ↑ +86%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $879.70 ↑ +94%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $888.96 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|All Plans $888.96 ↑ +96%
Medica Commercial|ACO $888.96 ↑ +96%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $888.96 ↑ +96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $888.96 ↑ +96%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $888.96 ↑ +96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $888.96 ↑ +96%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $907.48 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $907.48 ↑ +100%

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Biopsy of prostate at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $865.80 $937.95 – $1,960.87
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $9,417.49 $0.96 – $3.96
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $14,818.54 $0.96 – $1,721.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $15,599.17 $3.92 – $4,280.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $22,560.46 $0.96 – $2,050.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,000.20 $1,083.55 – $1,960.87
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,000.20 $566.78 – $1,216.91
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $14,602.00 $26.67 – $4,235.59

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