Kidney function study 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

$310.56

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.

$647.00

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.

$278.21 with United vs $634.06 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 $278.21 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $278.21 ↓ -10%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $278.21 ↓ -10%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $278.21 ↓ -10%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $278.21 ↓ -10%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $278.21 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $283.78 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $283.78 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $283.78 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $289.34 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $292.13 ↓ -6%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $292.13 ↓ -6%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $388.20 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $388.20 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $588.77 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $588.77 ↑ +90%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $617.63 ↑ +99%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $621.12 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $621.12 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $621.12 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $621.12 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $621.12 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $621.12 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $634.06 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $634.06 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $634.06 ↑ +104%

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Kidney function study at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $241.60 $15.69 – $333.07
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $241.60 $15.69 – $353.30
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $241.60 $15.69 – $399.81
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $241.60 $15.69 – $387.14
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $241.60 $15.69 – $35.89
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $241.60 $15.69 – $391.02
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $241.60 $14.04 – $355.87
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $241.60 $15.69 – $345.78

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