X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$309.19

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.

$631.00

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.

$199.50 with United vs $558.60 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 $199.50 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $199.50 ↓ -35%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $199.50 ↓ -35%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $199.50 ↓ -35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $203.49 ↓ -34%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $209.48 ↓ -32%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $209.48 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $245.10 ↓ -21%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $250.01 ↓ -19%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $250.01 ↓ -19%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $254.91 ↓ -18%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $324.90 ↑ +5%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $324.90 ↑ +5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $442.89 ↑ +43%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $514.43 ↑ +66%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $518.70 ↑ +68%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $518.70 ↑ +68%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $541.50 ↑ +75%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $547.20 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|All Plans $547.20 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial|ACO $547.20 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $547.20 ↑ +77%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $547.20 ↑ +77%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $547.20 ↑ +77%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $547.20 ↑ +77%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $558.60 ↑ +81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $558.60 ↑ +81%

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $333.00 $170.40 – $238.57
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $471.25 $157.36 – $725.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $627.25 $161.52 – $965.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,145.00 $165.56 – $1,145.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $744.25 $165.56 – $1,145.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $706.00 $193.73 – $706.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $458.90 $166.03 – $706.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $619.45 $169.72 – $953.00

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