X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$248.43

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.

$507.00

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.

$40.25 with United vs $112.70 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 $40.25 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $40.25 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $40.25 ↓ -84%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $40.25 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $41.06 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -83%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $49.45 ↓ -80%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $50.44 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $50.44 ↓ -80%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $51.43 ↓ -79%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $65.55 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $65.55 ↓ -74%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $89.36 ↓ -64%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $103.79 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $104.65 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $104.65 ↓ -58%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $109.25 ↓ -56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $110.40 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Plans $110.40 ↓ -56%
Medica Commercial|ACO $110.40 ↓ -56%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $110.40 ↓ -56%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $110.40 ↓ -56%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $110.40 ↓ -56%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $110.40 ↓ -56%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $112.70 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.70 ↓ -55%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $282.60 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $479.05 $93.79 – $737.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $438.75 $267.23 – $675.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $466.05 $96.27 – $717.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $919.00 $98.68 – $919.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $627.25 $98.68 – $965.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $438.75 $98.96 – $675.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $457.60 $101.16 – $704.00

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