Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$212.17

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.

$433.00

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.

$145.25 with United vs $406.70 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 $145.25 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $145.25 ↓ -32%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $145.25 ↓ -32%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $145.25 ↓ -32%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $148.16 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $152.52 ↓ -28%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $152.52 ↓ -28%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $178.45 ↓ -16%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $182.02 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $182.02 ↓ -14%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $185.59 ↓ -13%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $236.55 ↑ +11%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $236.55 ↑ +11%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $322.46 ↑ +52%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $374.54 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $377.65 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $377.65 ↑ +78%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $394.25 ↑ +86%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $398.40 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|All Plans $398.40 ↑ +88%
Medica Commercial|ACO $398.40 ↑ +88%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $398.40 ↑ +88%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $398.40 ↑ +88%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $398.40 ↑ +88%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $398.40 ↑ +88%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $406.70 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $406.70 ↑ +92%

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $226.80 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $289.25 $96.27 – $445.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $286.65 $98.96 – $441.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $247.80 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $247.80 $140.42 – $301.49
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $277.37 $13.72 – $182.72
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $216.43 $13.72 – $216.42
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