Decalcification 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

$61.25

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.

$125.00

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.

$33.95 with Medica vs $95.06 with PHCS — 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
Medica Medicare|All Plans $33.95 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $33.95 ↓ -45%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $33.95 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.95 ↓ -45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $34.63 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $35.65 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $35.65 ↓ -42%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $41.71 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $42.55 ↓ -31%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $42.55 ↓ -31%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $43.38 ↓ -29%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $55.29 ↓ -10%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $55.29 ↓ -10%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $75.37 ↑ +23%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $87.55 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $88.27 ↑ +44%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $88.27 ↑ +44%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $92.15 ↑ +50%
Medica Commercial|ACO $93.12 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $93.12 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $93.12 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|All Plans $93.12 ↑ +52%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $93.12 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $93.12 ↑ +52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $93.12 ↑ +52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.06 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $95.06 ↑ +55%

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Decalcification at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $48.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $100.10 $6.73 – $154.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $72.15 $43.94 – $111.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $72.15 $41.96 – $124.94
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $100.10 $8.47 – $80.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $75.40 $8.47 – $116.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $72.15 $57.13 – $116.02
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $176.00 $8.47 – $176.00

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