Biovance 1 square cm 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

$3,640.46

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.

$7,429.50

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.

$155.45 with Wellmark vs $2,327.50 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
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $155.45 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $155.45 ↓ -96%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $831.25 ↓ -77%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $831.25 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $831.25 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $831.25 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $847.88 ↓ -77%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $872.82 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $872.82 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,021.25 ↓ -72%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,041.68 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,041.68 ↓ -71%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,062.10 ↓ -71%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,845.38 ↓ -49%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $2,143.44 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,161.25 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,161.25 ↓ -41%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $2,256.25 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Medica Commercial|ACO $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,280.00 ↓ -37%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,327.50 ↓ -36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,327.50 ↓ -36%

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Biovance 1 square cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $3,566.16 $155.45 – $2,327.50
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $3,120.39 $35.77 – $202.69
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $133.66 – $445.54
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $133.66 – $445.54
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $133.66 – $445.54
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines not published $133.66 – $445.54
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $133.66 – $445.54
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $133.66 – $445.54

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