Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at CHI Health Mercy Corning

603 Rosary Drive, Corning, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1699856260

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$502.08

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.

$1,046.00

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.

$152.25 with United vs $596.82 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 $152.25 ↓ -70%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $152.25 ↓ -70%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $152.25 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $152.25 ↓ -70%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $152.25 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $155.30 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $159.87 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $159.87 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $261.87 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $267.11 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $267.11 ↓ -47%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $272.35 ↓ -46%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $338.00 ↓ -33%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $365.40 ↓ -27%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $365.40 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $554.19 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $554.19 ↑ +10%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $584.64 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $584.64 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $584.64 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $584.64 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $584.64 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $584.64 ↑ +16%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $596.82 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Plans $596.82 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $596.82 ↑ +19%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $771.00 $835.25 – $897.45
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $616.85 $268.57 – $1,940.91
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,196.00 $947.05 – $1,923.17
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,619.80 $3.63 – $2,492.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $265.00 $23.22 – $157.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $931.20 $897.45 – $965.25
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $931.20 $103.66 – $504.90
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $265.00 $2.26 – $25.12

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