Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) 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

$809.48

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.

$1,652.00

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.

$247.10 with United vs $691.88 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 $247.10 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $247.10 ↓ -69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $247.10 ↓ -69%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $247.10 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $252.05 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $259.46 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $259.46 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $303.58 ↓ -62%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $309.66 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $309.66 ↓ -62%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $315.73 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $402.42 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $402.42 ↓ -50%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $548.57 ↓ -32%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $637.17 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $642.46 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $642.46 ↓ -21%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $670.70 ↓ -17%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $677.76 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Plans $677.76 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $677.76 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $677.76 ↓ -16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $677.76 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $677.76 ↓ -16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $677.76 ↓ -16%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $691.88 ↓ -15%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $691.88 ↓ -15%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,599.60 $852.20 – $1,155.05
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