Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex 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

$537.60

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.

$1,120.00

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.

$182.50 with BCBS - NE vs $715.40 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
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $182.50 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $182.50 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $182.50 ↓ -66%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $182.50 ↓ -66%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $182.50 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $186.15 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $191.63 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $191.63 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $313.90 ↓ -42%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $320.18 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $320.18 ↓ -40%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $326.46 ↓ -39%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $405.15 ↓ -25%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $438.00 ↓ -19%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $438.00 ↓ -19%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $664.30 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $664.30 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $700.80 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial|ACO $700.80 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $700.80 ↑ +30%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $700.80 ↑ +30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $700.80 ↑ +30%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $700.80 ↑ +30%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $715.40 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|All Plans $715.40 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $715.40 ↑ +33%

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Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,119.60 $1,212.90 – $2,739.61
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $580.00 $44.81 – $399.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $580.00 $44.81 – $399.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $23,390.75 $9.09 – $5,639.25
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,352.40 $1,274.00 – $2,739.61
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,352.40 $558.45 – $766.36
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $5,312.93 $159.46 – $3,499.89
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,213.30 $159.46 – $2,516.40

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