Fluoroguide needle placement 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

$541.92

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.

$1,129.00

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.

$472.14 with United vs $1,076.04 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 $472.14 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $472.14 ↓ -13%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $472.14 ↓ -13%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $472.14 ↓ -13%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $472.14 ↓ -13%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $472.14 ↓ -13%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $481.59 ↓ -11%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $481.59 ↓ -11%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $481.59 ↓ -11%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $491.03 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $495.75 ↓ -9%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $495.75 ↓ -9%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $658.80 ↑ +22%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $658.80 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $999.18 ↑ +84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $999.18 ↑ +84%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,048.16 ↑ +93%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +95%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,076.04 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,076.04 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,076.04 ↑ +99%

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $193.80 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $678.60 $372.71 – $1,044.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,372.46 $3.44 – $766.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $563.55 $245.36 – $867.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $2,216.50 $17.25 – $2,421.10
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,070.00 $215.07 – $1,070.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,783.76 $92.05 – $1,070.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $766.00 $210.19 – $766.00

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