Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 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

$225.89

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.

$461.00

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.

$154.00 with United vs $431.20 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 $154.00 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -32%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -32%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -32%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $157.08 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $161.70 ↓ -28%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $161.70 ↓ -28%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $189.20 ↓ -16%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $192.99 ↓ -15%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $192.99 ↓ -15%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $196.77 ↓ -13%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $250.80 ↑ +11%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $250.80 ↑ +11%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $341.88 ↑ +51%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $397.10 ↑ +76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $400.40 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $400.40 ↑ +77%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $418.00 ↑ +85%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $422.40 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|All Plans $422.40 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial|ACO $422.40 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $422.40 ↑ +87%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $422.40 ↑ +87%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $422.40 ↑ +87%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $422.40 ↑ +87%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $431.20 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $431.20 ↑ +91%

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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,715.40 $1,550.93 – $1,858.35
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MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $3,900.00 $940.00 – $4,000.00
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