Inj., guselkumab, 1 mg 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

$34,438.70

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.

$70,283.05

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.

$138.73 with Wellmark vs $67,976.72 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
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $138.73 ↓ -100%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $138.73 ↓ -100%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $24,277.40 ↓ -30%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $24,277.40 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $24,277.40 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24,277.40 ↓ -30%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $24,762.95 ↓ -28%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $25,491.27 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $25,491.27 ↓ -26%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $29,826.52 ↓ -13%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $30,423.06 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $30,423.06 ↓ -12%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $31,019.59 ↓ -10%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $53,895.83 ↑ +56%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $62,601.01 ↑ +82%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $63,121.24 ↑ +83%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $63,121.24 ↑ +83%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $65,895.80 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|All Plans $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Medica Commercial|ACO $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $66,589.44 ↑ +93%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $67,976.72 ↑ +97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $67,976.72 ↑ +97%

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Inj., guselkumab, 1 mg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $33,735.87 $138.73 – $67,976.72
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $29,518.89 $121.31 – $58,959.40
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport not published $74.86 – $104.80
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport not published $71.66 – $104.80
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $70.43 – $113.92
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $70.43 – $395.54
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $70.43 – $113.92
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines not published $70.43 – $113.92

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