Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$142.56

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.

$297.00

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.

$44.75 with United vs $175.42 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 $44.75 ↓ -69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $44.75 ↓ -69%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $44.75 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $44.75 ↓ -69%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $44.75 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $45.65 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $46.99 ↓ -67%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $46.99 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $76.97 ↓ -46%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $78.51 ↓ -45%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $78.51 ↓ -45%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $80.05 ↓ -44%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $99.35 ↓ -30%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $107.40 ↓ -25%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $107.40 ↓ -25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $162.89 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $162.89 ↑ +14%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $171.84 ↑ +21%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $171.84 ↑ +21%
Medica Commercial|ACO $171.84 ↑ +21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $171.84 ↑ +21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $171.84 ↑ +21%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $171.84 ↑ +21%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $175.42 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Plans $175.42 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $175.42 ↑ +23%

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $301.20 $282.56 – $326.30
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $167.70 $11.72 – $656.86
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $398.45 $123.21 – $613.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $223.00 $11.72 – $48.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $223.00 $13.21 – $665.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $348.00 $282.56 – $377.00
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $348.00 $137.97 – $197.20
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $202.15 $11.72 – $3,576.15

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