Culture afb any source 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

$175.20

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.

$365.00

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.

$10.80 with Medica vs $217.56 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
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -94%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $11.02 ↓ -94%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $11.34 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11.34 ↓ -94%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $23.98 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $95.46 ↓ -46%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $97.37 ↓ -44%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $97.37 ↓ -44%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $99.28 ↓ -43%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $133.20 ↓ -24%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $133.20 ↓ -24%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $202.02 ↑ +15%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $202.02 ↑ +15%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $213.12 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $213.12 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|ACO $213.12 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $213.12 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $213.12 ↑ +22%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $213.12 ↑ +22%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $217.56 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $217.56 ↑ +24%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $217.56 ↑ +24%

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