Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$713.93

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.

$1,457.00

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.

$190.40 with United vs $533.12 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 $190.40 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $190.40 ↓ -73%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $190.40 ↓ -73%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $190.40 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $194.21 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $199.92 ↓ -72%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $199.92 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $233.92 ↓ -67%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $238.60 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $238.60 ↓ -67%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $243.28 ↓ -66%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $310.08 ↓ -57%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $310.08 ↓ -57%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $422.69 ↓ -41%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $490.96 ↓ -31%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $495.04 ↓ -31%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $495.04 ↓ -31%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $516.80 ↓ -28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $522.24 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|All Plans $522.24 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|ACO $522.24 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $522.24 ↓ -27%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $522.24 ↓ -27%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $522.24 ↓ -27%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $522.24 ↓ -27%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $533.12 ↓ -25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $533.12 ↓ -25%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $451.20 $418.48 – $488.80
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,662.07 $0.71 – $1,216.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,673.75 $2.28 – $1,197.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,996.55 $9.09 – $1,639.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $2,521.00 $9.09 – $1,197.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $740.35 $267.67 – $1,139.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $778.05 $616.10 – $1,251.10
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $958.00 $192.56 – $958.00

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