Chromatography 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

$86.88

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.

$181.00

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.

$18.06 with BCBS - NE vs $53.90 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
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -79%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -79%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -79%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $18.42 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $18.97 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $23.65 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $24.13 ↓ -72%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $24.13 ↓ -72%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $24.60 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↓ -62%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $40.09 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $50.05 ↓ -42%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $50.05 ↓ -42%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $52.80 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $52.80 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|ACO $52.80 ↓ -39%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $52.80 ↓ -39%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $52.80 ↓ -39%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $52.80 ↓ -39%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↓ -38%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↓ -38%

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Chromatography at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $110.40 $18.06 – $18.06
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $80.60 $17.50 – $124.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $124.00 $17.50 – $124.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $80.60 $17.50 – $124.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $80.60 $17.50 – $124.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $116.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $85.80 $18.36 – $39.42
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $120.90 $17.50 – $186.00

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