Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance 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

$439.04

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.

$896.00

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.

$89.95 with United vs $251.86 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 $89.95 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -80%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $91.75 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $94.45 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $94.45 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $110.51 ↓ -75%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $112.73 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $112.73 ↓ -74%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $114.94 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $146.49 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $146.49 ↓ -67%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $199.69 ↓ -55%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $231.95 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $233.87 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $233.87 ↓ -47%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $244.15 ↓ -44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $246.72 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Plans $246.72 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|ACO $246.72 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $246.72 ↓ -44%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $246.72 ↓ -44%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $246.72 ↓ -44%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $246.72 ↓ -44%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $251.86 ↓ -43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $251.86 ↓ -43%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,076.40 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $6,848.28 $0.50 – $225.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,972.21 $361.67 – $1,892.73
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $7,747.78 $0.25 – $225.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $9,481.93 $837.21 – $2,586.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $8,451.50 $568.83 – $2,222.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,048.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $117.60 $143.08 – $2,679.00

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