Acyclovir 400 mg tablet 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

$38.60

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.

$80.40

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.

$20.13 with United vs $45.87 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 $20.13 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.13 ↓ -48%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $20.13 ↓ -48%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $20.13 ↓ -48%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $20.13 ↓ -48%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $20.13 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $20.53 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $20.53 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $20.53 ↓ -47%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $20.93 ↓ -46%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.14 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $21.14 ↓ -45%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $23.40 ↓ -39%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $23.40 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $42.59 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $42.59 ↑ +10%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $44.68 ↑ +16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $44.93 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $44.93 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $44.93 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $44.93 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $44.93 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $44.93 ↑ +16%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $45.87 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Plans $45.87 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.87 ↑ +19%

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Acyclovir 400 mg tablet at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $64.85 $0.19 – $1.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $64.85 $0.38 – $1.13
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $64.85 $0.19 – $1.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $64.85 $0.16 – $1.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $80.45 $0.20 – $1.00
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon $417.63 $0.43 – $1.35
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $39.40 $16.38 – $45.87
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $33.77 $7.02 – $39.78

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