Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$144.48

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.

$301.00

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.

$20.21 with United vs $46.06 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 $20.21 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.21 ↓ -86%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $20.21 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $20.21 ↓ -86%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $20.21 ↓ -86%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $20.21 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $20.62 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $20.62 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $20.62 ↓ -86%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $21.02 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.23 ↓ -85%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $21.23 ↓ -85%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $28.20 ↓ -80%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $28.20 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $42.77 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $42.77 ↓ -70%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $44.87 ↓ -69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $45.12 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $45.12 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|ACO $45.12 ↓ -69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $45.12 ↓ -69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $45.12 ↓ -69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $45.12 ↓ -69%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $46.06 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Plans $46.06 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $46.06 ↓ -68%

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $117.60 $84.28 – $118.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $167.70 $102.14 – $258.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $167.70 $97.52 – $290.40
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $167.70 $98.61 – $258.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $167.70 $132.79 – $269.66
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $605.00 $5.33 – $258.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $593.00 $82.37 – $258.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $129.00 $84.28 – $118.00

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