Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) 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

$1,117.69

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.

$2,281.00

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.

$458.50 with United vs $1,283.80 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 $458.50 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $458.50 ↓ -59%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $458.50 ↓ -59%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $458.50 ↓ -59%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $467.67 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $481.43 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $481.43 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $563.30 ↓ -50%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $574.57 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $574.57 ↓ -49%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $585.84 ↓ -48%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $746.70 ↓ -33%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $746.70 ↓ -33%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,017.87 ↓ -9%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $1,182.28 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,192.10 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,192.10 ↑ +7%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $1,244.50 ↑ +11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,257.60 ↑ +13%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,283.80 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,283.80 ↑ +15%

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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $359.40 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,950.04 $4.50 – $2,391.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $5,306.53 $2.46 – $1,672.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $5,069.38 $4.50 – $1,882.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $10,754.67 $2.28 – $2,560.76
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $17,176.60 $71.25 – $4,235.59
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $10,066.00 $4.77 – $1,747.57
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $15,935.60 $31.45 – $2,323.17

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