Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal 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

$797.28

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.

$1,661.00

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.

$218.25 with United vs $855.54 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 $218.25 ↓ -73%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $218.25 ↓ -73%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $218.25 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $218.25 ↓ -73%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $218.25 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $222.62 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $229.17 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $229.17 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $375.39 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $382.90 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $382.90 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $390.41 ↓ -51%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $484.52 ↓ -39%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $523.80 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $523.80 ↓ -34%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $794.43 ↓ -0%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $794.43 ↓ -0%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $838.08 ↑ +5%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $838.08 ↑ +5%
Medica Commercial|ACO $838.08 ↑ +5%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $838.08 ↑ +5%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $838.08 ↑ +5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $838.08 ↑ +5%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $855.54 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|All Plans $855.54 ↑ +7%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $855.54 ↑ +7%

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Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $998.40 $1,081.60 – $1,417.91
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,009.00 $88.82 – $749.90
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,206.00 $1,306.50 – $1,417.91
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,206.00 $683.40 – $762.12
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,754.20 $282.25 – $1,814.32
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $800.00 $282.25 – $1,302.39
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $800.00 $282.25 – $1,473.83
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $800.00 $282.25 – $1,427.15

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