Tube trach fen sz 6 uncuffed 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

$125.29

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.

$255.69

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.

$32.26 with United vs $90.32 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 $32.26 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $32.26 ↓ -74%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $32.26 ↓ -74%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $32.26 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $32.91 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $33.87 ↓ -73%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $33.87 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $39.63 ↓ -68%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $40.43 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $40.43 ↓ -68%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $41.22 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $52.54 ↓ -58%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $52.54 ↓ -58%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $71.61 ↓ -43%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $83.18 ↓ -34%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $83.87 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $83.87 ↓ -33%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $87.56 ↓ -30%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $88.48 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Plans $88.48 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|ACO $88.48 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $88.48 ↓ -29%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $88.48 ↓ -29%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $88.48 ↓ -29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $88.48 ↓ -29%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $90.32 ↓ -28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $90.32 ↓ -28%

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MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $128.15 $0.39 – $1.10
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $133.09 $1.74 – $4.40
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