Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm 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

$87.12

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.

$177.78

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.

$34.83 with United vs $97.51 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 $34.83 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -60%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -60%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $35.14 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $35.14 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $35.53 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.57 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $36.57 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $42.79 ↓ -51%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $43.65 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $43.65 ↓ -50%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $44.50 ↓ -49%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $77.32 ↓ -11%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $89.80 ↑ +3%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $90.55 ↑ +4%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $90.55 ↑ +4%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $94.53 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Plans $95.52 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $95.52 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|ACO $95.52 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $95.52 ↑ +10%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $95.52 ↑ +10%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $95.52 ↑ +10%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $95.52 ↑ +10%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $97.51 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $97.51 ↑ +12%

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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $77.55 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $178.80 $63.83 – $178.80
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $178.80 $67.59 – $201.26
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $30.55 $6.14 – $37.06
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $178.80 $6.14 – $37.06
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $178.80 $49.06 – $178.80
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $178.80 $7.82 – $107.28
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $65.56 not published

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