Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 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

$437.57

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.

$893.00

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.

$220.85 with United vs $618.38 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 $220.85 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $220.85 ↓ -50%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $220.85 ↓ -50%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $220.85 ↓ -50%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $225.27 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $231.90 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $231.90 ↓ -47%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $271.33 ↓ -38%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $276.76 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $276.76 ↓ -37%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $282.19 ↓ -36%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $359.67 ↓ -18%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $359.67 ↓ -18%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $490.29 ↑ +12%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $569.48 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $574.21 ↑ +31%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $574.21 ↑ +31%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $599.45 ↑ +37%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $605.76 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|All Plans $605.76 ↑ +38%
Medica Commercial|ACO $605.76 ↑ +38%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $605.76 ↑ +38%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $605.76 ↑ +38%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $605.76 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $605.76 ↑ +38%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $618.38 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $618.38 ↑ +41%

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $538.20 $368.55 – $382.44
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $384.00 $105.37 – $384.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,003.00 $43.00 – $880.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $565.20 $382.44 – $387.40
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $565.20 $232.90 – $500.05
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $750.40 $180.70 – $376.22
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $750.40 $131.39 – $376.22
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $750.40 $180.70 – $397.52

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