Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

$526.26

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.

$1,074.00

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.

$268.50 with United vs $924.14 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 $268.50 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $268.50 ↓ -49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $268.50 ↓ -49%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $268.50 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $273.87 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $281.93 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $281.93 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $405.49 ↓ -23%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $413.60 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $413.60 ↓ -21%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $421.71 ↓ -20%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $537.51 ↑ +2%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $537.51 ↑ +2%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $596.07 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $851.06 ↑ +62%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $858.13 ↑ +63%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $858.13 ↑ +63%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $895.85 ↑ +70%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $905.28 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|All Plans $905.28 ↑ +72%
Medica Commercial|ACO $905.28 ↑ +72%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $905.28 ↑ +72%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $905.28 ↑ +72%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $905.28 ↑ +72%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $905.28 ↑ +72%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $924.14 ↑ +76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $924.14 ↑ +76%

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $637.20 $373.10 – $585.94
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $3,778.00 $31.45 – $1,601.18
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $902.40 $450.45 – $585.94
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $669.00 $235.62 – $505.89
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $911.20 $193.56 – $507.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $911.20 $126.74 – $538.20
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,028.10 $193.56 – $609.05
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $911.20 $193.56 – $589.75

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