Laryngoscopy direct w/wo tracheoscopy dx exc newborn 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

$457.92

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.

$954.00

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.

$175.50 with United vs $687.96 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 $175.50 ↓ -62%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $175.50 ↓ -62%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $175.50 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $175.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $175.50 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $179.01 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $184.28 ↓ -60%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $184.28 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $301.86 ↓ -34%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $307.90 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $307.90 ↓ -33%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $313.94 ↓ -31%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $389.61 ↓ -15%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $421.20 ↓ -8%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $421.20 ↓ -8%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $638.82 ↑ +40%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $638.82 ↑ +40%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $673.92 ↑ +47%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $673.92 ↑ +47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $673.92 ↑ +47%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $673.92 ↑ +47%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $673.92 ↑ +47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $673.92 ↑ +47%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $687.96 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Plans $687.96 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $687.96 ↑ +50%

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Laryngoscopy direct w/wo tracheoscopy dx exc newborn at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $469.20 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $13,360.75 $0.36 – $3,455.52
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $492.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $492.60 $599.33 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $616.00 $99.88 – $1,429.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $616.00 $143.70 – $1,516.21
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,348.09 $143.70 – $1,715.79
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,625.54 $143.70 – $1,661.45

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