Nerve conduction studies 9-10 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

$352.80

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.

$720.00

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.

$217.00 with United vs $607.60 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 $217.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $217.00 ↓ -38%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $217.00 ↓ -38%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $217.00 ↓ -38%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $221.34 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $227.85 ↓ -35%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $227.85 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $266.60 ↓ -24%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $271.94 ↓ -23%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $271.94 ↓ -23%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $277.27 ↓ -21%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $353.40 ↑ +0%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $353.40 ↑ +0%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $481.74 ↑ +37%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $559.55 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $564.20 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $564.20 ↑ +60%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $589.00 ↑ +67%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $595.20 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $595.20 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|ACO $595.20 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $595.20 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $595.20 ↑ +69%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $595.20 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $595.20 ↑ +69%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $607.60 ↑ +72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $607.60 ↑ +72%

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Nerve conduction studies 9-10 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $640.20 $507.90 – $693.55
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $671.45 $408.96 – $1,033.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,348.10 $84.56 – $2,074.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $666.00 $82.22 – $808.44
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $712.80 $507.90 – $711.06
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $315.00 $244.55 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $748.15 $84.56 – $1,025.64
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $504.00 $69.84 – $439.80

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