Excise pharynx lesion at CHI Health Mercy Corning
603 Rosary Drive, Corning, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1699856260
$1,472.64
Cash price 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.
$3,068.00
Gross charge 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.
$162.75 with United vs $637.98 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $162.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $162.75 | ↓ -89% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $162.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $162.75 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $162.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $166.01 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $170.89 | ↓ -88% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $170.89 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $279.93 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $285.53 | ↓ -81% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $291.13 | ↓ -80% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $361.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $390.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $390.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $592.41 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $592.41 | ↓ -60% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $624.96 | ↓ -58% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $637.98 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $637.98 | ↓ -57% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $637.98 | ↓ -57% |
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Excise pharynx lesion at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $427.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $29,852.45 | $31.45 – $7,238.26 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $448.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $448.80 | $546.04 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $836.00 | $47.29 – $614.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $563.20 | $151.18 – $2,688.10 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $563.20 | $151.18 – $2,851.40 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $563.20 | $151.18 – $3,226.74 |