CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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

$1,719.90

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.

$3,510.00

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.

$1,228.50 with United vs $3,439.80 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 $1,228.50 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,228.50 ↓ -29%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,228.50 ↓ -29%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,228.50 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,253.07 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,289.93 ↓ -25%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,289.93 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,509.30 ↓ -12%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,539.49 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,539.49 ↓ -10%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,569.68 ↓ -9%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $2,000.70 ↑ +16%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $2,000.70 ↑ +16%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $2,727.27 ↑ +59%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $3,167.78 ↑ +84%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $3,194.10 ↑ +86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $3,194.10 ↑ +86%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $3,334.50 ↑ +94%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Medica Commercial|ACO $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,369.60 ↑ +96%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,439.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,439.80 ↑ +100%

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CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,108.80 $170.40 – $238.57
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,266.55 $157.36 – $2,325.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $2,269.15 $921.26 – $2,327.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $2,269.15 $879.61 – $2,619.27
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2,701.72 $161.52 – $2,610.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $2,269.15 $889.38 – $2,327.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $2,871.70 $165.25 – $2,945.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $5,144.00 $165.56 – $3,429.00

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