Ear irrigation 69209 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

$123.97

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.

$253.00

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.

$10.50 with United vs $41.16 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 $10.50 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -92%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $10.71 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11.03 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $11.03 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $18.06 ↓ -85%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.43 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $18.43 ↓ -85%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -85%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $23.31 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $23.94 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $23.94 ↓ -81%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $37.91 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $38.22 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $38.22 ↓ -69%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $39.90 ↓ -68%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $40.32 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|ACO $40.32 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $40.32 ↓ -67%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $40.32 ↓ -67%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $40.32 ↓ -67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $41.16 ↓ -67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.16 ↓ -67%

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