Pr excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 3.1 - 4.0 cm 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

$1,257.34

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.

$2,566.00

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.

$219.80 with United vs $615.44 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 $219.80 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $219.80 ↓ -83%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $219.80 ↓ -83%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $219.80 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $224.20 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $230.79 ↓ -82%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $230.79 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $270.04 ↓ -79%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $275.45 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $275.45 ↓ -78%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $280.85 ↓ -78%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $357.96 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $357.96 ↓ -72%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $487.96 ↓ -61%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $566.77 ↓ -55%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $571.48 ↓ -55%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $571.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $596.60 ↓ -53%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $602.88 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Plans $602.88 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|ACO $602.88 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $602.88 ↓ -52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $602.88 ↓ -52%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $602.88 ↓ -52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $602.88 ↓ -52%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $615.44 ↓ -51%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $615.44 ↓ -51%

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Pr excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 3.1 - 4.0 cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $387.60 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $540.00 $43.23 – $372.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $540.00 $47.05 – $372.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,016.30 $47.05 – $3,206.43
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $11,775.13 $0.96 – $1,753.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,047.80 $47.05 – $3,578.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,329.80 $1,550.93 – $2,171.30
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $406.80 $494.94 – $2,679.00

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