Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$548.64

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.

$1,143.00

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.

$30.53 with United vs $69.58 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 $30.53 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $30.53 ↓ -94%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $30.53 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $30.53 ↓ -94%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $30.53 ↓ -94%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $30.53 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $31.15 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $31.15 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $31.15 ↓ -94%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $31.76 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $32.06 ↓ -94%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $32.06 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $42.60 ↓ -92%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $42.60 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $64.61 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $64.61 ↓ -88%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $67.78 ↓ -88%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $68.16 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $68.16 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|ACO $68.16 ↓ -88%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $68.16 ↓ -88%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $68.16 ↓ -88%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $68.16 ↓ -88%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $69.58 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Plans $69.58 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $69.58 ↓ -87%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $441.60 $231.38 – $306.15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $543.40 $214.06 – $836.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $910.00 $554.26 – $1,400.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $588.90 $219.72 – $906.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $910.00 $15.76 – $1,400.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $585.00 $15.76 – $639.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,386.00 $15.76 – $1,386.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $990.60 $15.76 – $1,524.00

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