Exc malig snhfg 2.1-3 cm 11623 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

$607.60

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.

$1,240.00

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.

$290.85 with United vs $814.38 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 $290.85 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $290.85 ↓ -52%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $290.85 ↓ -52%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $290.85 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $296.67 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $305.40 ↓ -50%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $305.40 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $357.33 ↓ -41%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $364.48 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $364.48 ↓ -40%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $371.63 ↓ -39%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $473.67 ↓ -22%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $473.67 ↓ -22%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $645.69 ↑ +6%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $749.98 ↑ +23%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $756.21 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $756.21 ↑ +24%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $789.45 ↑ +30%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $797.76 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|All Plans $797.76 ↑ +31%
Medica Commercial|ACO $797.76 ↑ +31%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $797.76 ↑ +31%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $797.76 ↑ +31%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $797.76 ↑ +31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $797.76 ↑ +31%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $814.38 ↑ +34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $814.38 ↑ +34%

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Exc malig snhfg 2.1-3 cm 11623 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $543.00 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,110.90 $961.99 – $4,786.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,047.80 $67.10 – $3,578.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,329.80 $1,550.93 – $2,171.30
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $570.00 $693.50 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,219.10 $802.29 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $736.00 $188.91 – $1,342.97
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $736.00 $188.91 – $1,424.56

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