Ghs windowing of cast 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

$85.75

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.

$175.00

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.

$43.75 with United vs $146.02 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 $43.75 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $43.75 ↓ -49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $43.75 ↓ -49%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $43.75 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $44.63 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $45.94 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $45.94 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $64.07 ↓ -25%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -24%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $66.64 ↓ -22%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $84.93 ↓ -1%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $84.93 ↓ -1%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $97.13 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $134.48 ↑ +57%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $135.59 ↑ +58%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $135.59 ↑ +58%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $141.55 ↑ +65%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $143.04 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Plans $143.04 ↑ +67%
Medica Commercial|ACO $143.04 ↑ +67%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $143.04 ↑ +67%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $143.04 ↑ +67%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $143.04 ↑ +67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $143.04 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $146.02 ↑ +70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $146.02 ↑ +70%

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Ghs windowing of cast at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $125.40 $135.85 – $151.04
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $151.20 $151.04 – $163.80
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $151.20 $85.68 – $150.38
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $152.00 $39.77 – $130.79
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $152.00 $39.77 – $174.80
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $152.00 $39.77 – $157.00
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $152.00 $39.77 – $152.03
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $152.00 $39.77 – $106.69

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