Basic vestibular evaluation 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

$109.92

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.

$229.00

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.

$98.47 with United vs $224.42 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 $98.47 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $98.47 ↓ -10%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $98.47 ↓ -10%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $98.47 ↓ -10%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $98.47 ↓ -10%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $98.47 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $100.44 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $100.44 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $100.44 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $102.41 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $103.40 ↓ -6%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $103.40 ↓ -6%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $137.40 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $137.40 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $208.39 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $208.39 ↑ +90%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $218.61 ↑ +99%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $219.84 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $219.84 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $219.84 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $219.84 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $219.84 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $224.42 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $224.42 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $224.42 ↑ +104%

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Basic vestibular evaluation at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $334.20 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $372.00 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $372.00 $186.15 – $210.80
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $238.40 $25.55 – $129.68
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $238.40 $25.55 – $137.56
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $238.40 $25.55 – $155.67
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,738.24 $25.55 – $638.80
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $238.40 $25.55 – $71.89

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