Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback 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

$101.31

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.

$206.75

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.

$0.64 with Wellmark 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
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $0.64 ↓ -99%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $0.64 ↓ -99%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -66%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $35.53 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $36.57 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.57 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $42.79 ↓ -58%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $43.65 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $43.65 ↓ -57%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $44.50 ↓ -56%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $77.32 ↓ -24%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $89.80 ↓ -11%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $90.55 ↓ -11%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $90.55 ↓ -11%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $94.53 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $95.52 ↓ -6%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $95.52 ↓ -6%
Medica Commercial|ACO $95.52 ↓ -6%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $95.52 ↓ -6%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $95.52 ↓ -6%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $95.52 ↓ -6%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $95.52 ↓ -6%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $97.51 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $97.51 ↓ -4%

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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $221.80 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $75.00 $1.00 – $4.25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $522.50 $0.50 – $13.39
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $237.00 $0.50 – $10.65
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $522.50 $0.50 – $11.90
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $522.50 $0.50 – $15.62
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $75.00 $5.00 – $15.42
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $522.50 $0.50 – $11.90

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