Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12004 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

$233.28

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.

$486.00

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.

$90.75 with United vs $355.74 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 $90.75 ↓ -61%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $90.75 ↓ -61%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $90.75 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $90.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $90.75 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $92.57 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $95.29 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $95.29 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $156.09 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $159.22 ↓ -32%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $159.22 ↓ -32%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $162.34 ↓ -30%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $201.47 ↓ -14%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $217.80 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $217.80 ↓ -7%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $330.33 ↑ +42%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $330.33 ↑ +42%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $348.48 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $348.48 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial|ACO $348.48 ↑ +49%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $348.48 ↑ +49%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $348.48 ↑ +49%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $348.48 ↑ +49%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $355.74 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|All Plans $355.74 ↑ +52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $355.74 ↑ +52%

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Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12004 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $268.80 $190.20 – $266.28
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $389.00 $23.01 – $434.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $282.10 $164.05 – $488.51
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $389.00 $23.01 – $434.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $282.10 $64.28 – $453.62
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $389.00 $23.01 – $286.22
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $434.00 $23.01 – $434.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $389.00 $23.33 – $282.81

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