Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$163.20

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.

$340.00

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.

$21.07 with United vs $48.02 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 $21.07 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -87%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $21.07 ↓ -87%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -87%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $21.50 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $21.50 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $21.50 ↓ -87%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $21.92 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $22.13 ↓ -86%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $22.13 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $29.40 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $29.40 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $44.59 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $44.59 ↓ -73%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $46.78 ↓ -71%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $47.04 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $47.04 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|ACO $47.04 ↓ -71%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $47.04 ↓ -71%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $47.04 ↓ -71%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $47.04 ↓ -71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $48.02 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Plans $48.02 ↓ -71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.02 ↓ -71%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $274.20 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $495.30 $115.44 – $762.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $3,621.00 $121.46 – $3,621.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $13,143.65 $121.46 – $762.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $305.40 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $4,709.90 $121.22 – $950.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $6,572.36 $129.68 – $5,315.39
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $342.40 $137.56 – $285.70

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