ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$798.72

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.

$1,664.00

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.

$124.00 with United vs $486.08 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 $124.00 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $124.00 ↓ -84%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $124.00 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $124.00 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $126.48 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $130.20 ↓ -84%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $130.20 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $213.28 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $217.55 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $217.55 ↓ -73%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $221.82 ↓ -72%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $275.28 ↓ -66%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $297.60 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $297.60 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $451.36 ↓ -43%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $451.36 ↓ -43%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $476.16 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $476.16 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|ACO $476.16 ↓ -40%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $476.16 ↓ -40%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $476.16 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $476.16 ↓ -40%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $486.08 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Plans $486.08 ↓ -39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $486.08 ↓ -39%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $744.60 $586.87 – $660.40
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $5,830.99 $9.09 – $3,385.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $5,452.20 $9.09 – $862.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $5,155.41 $2.80 – $970.27
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,744.80 $9.09 – $2,133.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $5,874.00 $6.50 – $862.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $7,518.00 $9.09 – $3,478.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $6,878.70 $0.71 – $900.96

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