Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$103.68

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.

$216.00

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.

$35.09 with Medica vs $211.68 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 $35.09 ↓ -66%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -66%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $35.79 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $36.85 ↓ -64%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $77.90 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $92.88 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $94.74 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $94.74 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $96.60 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $129.60 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $129.60 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $196.56 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $196.56 ↑ +90%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $207.36 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $207.36 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $207.36 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $207.36 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $207.36 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $207.36 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $211.68 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $211.68 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $211.68 ↑ +104%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $95.40 $35.09 – $35.09
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $97.50 $34.01 – $150.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $157.30 $34.73 – $242.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $157.30 $34.73 – $272.40
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $97.50 $34.01 – $150.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $97.50 $34.01 – $150.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $157.30 $34.73 – $252.94
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $206.00 $34.01 – $206.00

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