Cmv pcr-sendout 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

$272.93

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.

$557.00

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.

$35.09 with United vs $107.80 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 $35.09 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $35.79 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $36.85 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $47.30 ↓ -83%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $48.25 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $48.25 ↓ -82%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $49.20 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $62.70 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $62.70 ↓ -77%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $77.90 ↓ -71%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $99.28 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $100.10 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $100.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $104.50 ↓ -62%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $105.60 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Plans $105.60 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $105.60 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $105.60 ↓ -61%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $105.60 ↓ -61%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $105.60 ↓ -61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $105.60 ↓ -61%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $107.80 ↓ -61%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $107.80 ↓ -61%

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Cmv pcr-sendout at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $435.00 $35.09 – $35.09
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $332.15 $34.01 – $128.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $487.00 $34.01 – $487.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $316.55 $34.01 – $487.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $349.05 $34.01 – $537.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $316.55 $34.01 – $227.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $457.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $117.60 $66.64 – $143.08

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