Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$191.04

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.

$398.00

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.

$168.56 with United vs $384.16 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 $168.56 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $168.56 ↓ -12%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $168.56 ↓ -12%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $168.56 ↓ -12%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $168.56 ↓ -12%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $168.56 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $171.94 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $171.94 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $171.94 ↓ -10%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $175.31 ↓ -8%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $176.99 ↓ -7%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $176.99 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $235.20 ↑ +23%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $235.20 ↑ +23%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $356.72 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $356.72 ↑ +87%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $374.21 ↑ +96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $376.32 ↑ +97%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $376.32 ↑ +97%
Medica Commercial|ACO $376.32 ↑ +97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $376.32 ↑ +97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $376.32 ↑ +97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $376.32 ↑ +97%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $384.16 ↑ +101%
United Commercial|All Plans $384.16 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $384.16 ↑ +101%

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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $492.00 $298.08 – $417.31
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $421.20 $256.54 – $648.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,462.00 $51.12 – $1,512.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $422.00 $49.42 – $467.79
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $547.80 $298.08 – $417.31
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $197.40 $148.19 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,291.00 $51.12 – $648.24
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $319.20 $48.58 – $258.11

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