#cf-97variants 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

$1,031.52

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.

$2,149.00

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.

$556.60 with United vs $2,106.02 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 $556.60 ↓ -46%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -46%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -46%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -46%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $567.73 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $584.43 ↓ -43%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $584.43 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $924.07 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $942.56 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $942.56 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $961.04 ↓ -7%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,235.65 ↑ +20%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $1,289.40 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $1,289.40 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,955.59 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,955.59 ↑ +90%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,063.04 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,106.02 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,106.02 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,106.02 ↑ +104%

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#cf-97variants at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,675.80 $556.60 – $556.60
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,446.90 $539.35 – $2,226.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,446.90 $447.43 – $2,226.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $355.55 $140.03 – $1,118.77
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,759.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,402.80 $49.64 – $106.58
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,446.90 $523.11 – $2,226.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,113.60 $314.59 – $779.29

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