Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img 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

$609.56

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.

$1,244.00

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.

$122.15 with United vs $342.02 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 $122.15 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $122.15 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $122.15 ↓ -80%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $122.15 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $124.60 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $128.26 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $128.26 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $150.07 ↓ -75%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $153.08 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $153.08 ↓ -75%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $156.08 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $198.93 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $198.93 ↓ -67%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $271.18 ↓ -56%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $314.98 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $317.59 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $317.59 ↓ -48%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $331.55 ↓ -46%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $335.04 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Plans $335.04 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|ACO $335.04 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $335.04 ↓ -45%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $335.04 ↓ -45%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $335.04 ↓ -45%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $335.04 ↓ -45%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $342.02 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $342.02 ↓ -44%

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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $156.60 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,736.15 $1,057.45 – $2,671.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $850.20 $262.91 – $1,308.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $2,671.00 $732.92 – $2,671.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $164.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $164.40 $200.02 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,681.24 $71.11 – $1,107.51
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,210.32 $71.11 – $1,210.31

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