Rmvl foreign body upper arm/elbow subcutaneous 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

$301.84

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.

$616.00

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.

$154.00 with United vs $550.76 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 $154.00 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -49%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $157.08 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $161.70 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $161.70 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $241.66 ↓ -20%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $246.50 ↓ -18%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $246.50 ↓ -18%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $251.33 ↓ -17%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $320.34 ↑ +6%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $320.34 ↑ +6%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $341.88 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $507.21 ↑ +68%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $511.42 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $511.42 ↑ +69%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $533.90 ↑ +77%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $539.52 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|All Plans $539.52 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|ACO $539.52 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $539.52 ↑ +79%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $539.52 ↑ +79%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $539.52 ↑ +79%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $539.52 ↑ +79%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $550.76 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $550.76 ↑ +82%

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