Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$37.92

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.

$79.00

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.

$4.31 with United vs $77.42 with PHCS — 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 $4.31 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4.53 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $4.53 ↓ -88%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $9.57 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $33.97 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $34.65 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $34.65 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $35.33 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $47.40 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $47.40 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $71.89 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $71.89 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|ACO $75.84 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $75.84 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $75.84 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $75.84 ↑ +100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $75.84 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $75.84 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $77.42 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $77.42 ↑ +104%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $77.42 ↑ +104%

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $28.20 $4.31 – $4.31
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $44.85 $4.17 – $69.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $19.50 $4.22 – $30.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $45.50 $4.17 – $70.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $49.40 $4.17 – $76.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $19.50 $4.22 – $30.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $44.85 $4.17 – $69.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $30.00 not published

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