Galactose transferase test 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

$19.68

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.

$41.00

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.

$11.74 with PACE vs $40.18 with United — 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
PACE Medicare|All Plans $11.74 ↓ -40%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $11.74 ↓ -40%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $11.74 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.74 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.74 ↓ -40%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $11.97 ↓ -39%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $12.33 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.33 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $17.63 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $17.99 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $17.99 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $18.34 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $24.60 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $24.60 ↑ +25%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $26.06 ↑ +32%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $37.31 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $37.31 ↑ +90%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $39.36 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $39.36 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $39.36 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $39.36 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $39.36 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $39.36 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $40.18 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.18 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $40.18 ↑ +104%

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Galactose transferase test at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $21.00 $11.74 – $11.74
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $23.40 not published
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $64.28 $7.04 – $42.34
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $64.28 $3.50 – $64.28
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $64.28 $7.04 – $32.38
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $64.28 $7.04 – $23.62
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $64.28 $7.04 – $71.27
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $64.28 $7.04 – $38.57

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