CMS Price Transparency Data

Injection procedure for pain management

Facility: CHI Health Missouri Valley

Billing Code: G0260 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$978

about 1.4× the $721 Medicare rate · typically $327–$2,494

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$456

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $522 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $721 Fair price $978 This hospital $456 Cash price $233 Hospital's list price $475

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 IA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $229 Priciest $646

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Injection procedure for pain management is about $978 (about 1.4× the $721 Medicare rate). CHI Health Missouri Valley charges insurers about $456, or about $233 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Missouri Valley, IA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$166 - $456	23%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$271 - $451	38%
Humanamajor	$166	23%
Ambetter (Centene)	$170	24%
Amerigroup	$175 - $208	24%
Medica	$166 - $456	23%
Molina	$212	29%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$166 - $456

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 233), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0260.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm CHI Health Missouri Valley is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0260.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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