Contrast baths charges 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

$40.18

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.

$82.00

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.

$23.45 with United vs $65.66 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 $23.45 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.45 ↓ -42%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $23.45 ↓ -42%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $23.45 ↓ -42%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $23.92 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $24.63 ↓ -39%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $24.63 ↓ -39%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $28.81 ↓ -28%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -27%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $29.97 ↓ -25%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $38.19 ↓ -5%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $38.19 ↓ -5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $52.06 ↑ +30%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $60.47 ↑ +50%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $60.97 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $60.97 ↑ +52%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $63.65 ↑ +58%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $64.32 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|All Plans $64.32 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $64.32 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $64.32 ↑ +60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $64.32 ↑ +60%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $64.32 ↑ +60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $64.32 ↑ +60%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $65.66 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $65.66 ↑ +63%

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Contrast baths charges at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $56.40 $17.37 – $17.37
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $85.15 $12.53 – $189.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $29.90 $12.53 – $46.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $63.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $63.00 $35.70 – $76.65
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $63.05 $12.53 – $301.50
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $86.90 $12.85 – $57.24
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $26.40 $12.63 – $30.36

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