Colonoscopy (diagnostic) 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

$1,152.48

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.

$2,352.00

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.

$262.50 with United vs $735.00 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 $262.50 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $262.50 ↓ -77%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $262.50 ↓ -77%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $262.50 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $267.75 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $275.63 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $275.63 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $322.50 ↓ -72%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $328.95 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $328.95 ↓ -71%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $335.40 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $427.50 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $427.50 ↓ -63%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $582.75 ↓ -49%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $676.88 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $682.50 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $682.50 ↓ -41%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $712.50 ↓ -38%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $720.00 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Plans $720.00 ↓ -38%
Medica Commercial|ACO $720.00 ↓ -38%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $720.00 ↓ -38%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $720.00 ↓ -38%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $720.00 ↓ -38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $720.00 ↓ -38%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $735.00 ↓ -36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $735.00 ↓ -36%

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Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $491.40 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,111.54 $2.46 – $1,858.14
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $9,560.35 $2.46 – $671.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $4,941.79 $0.32 – $4.92
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $8,793.52 $2.28 – $1,990.07
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $5,961.90 $0.96 – $4,235.59
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $10,740.75 $2.46 – $1,305.45
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $10,327.55 $0.96 – $1,805.43

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