Blood smear interpretation at CHI Health Mercy Corning
603 Rosary Drive, Corning, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1699856260
$47.04
Cash price 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.
$98.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.14 with United vs $96.04 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $42.14 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $42.14 | ↓ -10% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $42.14 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $42.14 | ↓ -10% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $42.14 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $42.14 | ↓ -10% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.99 | ↓ -9% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $42.99 | ↓ -9% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $42.99 | ↓ -9% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -6% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -6% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $58.80 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $58.80 | ↑ +25% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $89.18 | ↑ +90% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $89.18 | ↑ +90% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $93.56 | ↑ +99% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $94.08 | ↑ +100% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $96.04 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $96.04 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $96.04 | ↑ +104% |
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Blood smear interpretation at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $177.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $70.00 | $12.14 – $70.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $70.00 | $12.14 – $68.28 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $70.00 | $14.91 – $68.32 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $186.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $52.20 | $12.24 – $26.28 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $46.40 | $14.34 – $44.09 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $46.40 | $14.34 – $53.36 |