Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm 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

$718.83

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.

$1,467.00

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.

$169.40 with United vs $474.32 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 $169.40 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $169.40 ↓ -76%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $169.40 ↓ -76%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $169.40 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $172.79 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $177.87 ↓ -75%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $177.87 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $208.12 ↓ -71%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $212.29 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $212.29 ↓ -70%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $216.45 ↓ -70%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $275.88 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $275.88 ↓ -62%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $376.07 ↓ -48%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $436.81 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $440.44 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $440.44 ↓ -39%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $459.80 ↓ -36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $464.64 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Plans $464.64 ↓ -35%
Medica Commercial|ACO $464.64 ↓ -35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $464.64 ↓ -35%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $464.64 ↓ -35%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $464.64 ↓ -35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $464.64 ↓ -35%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $474.32 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $474.32 ↓ -34%

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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $397.80 $430.95 – $673.49
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $457.60 $30.56 – $569.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,083.55 $30.56 – $1,515.37
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $9,635.12 $1.92 – $704.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,478.00 $30.56 – $1,534.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $459.60 $453.05 – $673.49
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $310.80 $378.14 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $510.25 $30.56 – $3,576.15

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