Ot re-evaluation patient/family 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

$88.80

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.

$185.00

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.

$40.42 with United vs $92.12 with United — 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 Medicaid|Community Plan $40.42 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $40.42 ↓ -54%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $40.42 ↓ -54%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $40.42 ↓ -54%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $40.42 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $40.42 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $41.23 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $41.23 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $41.23 ↓ -54%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $42.04 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $42.45 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $42.45 ↓ -52%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $56.40 ↓ -36%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $56.40 ↓ -36%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $85.54 ↓ -4%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $85.54 ↓ -4%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $89.74 ↑ +1%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $90.24 ↑ +2%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $90.24 ↑ +2%
Medica Commercial|ACO $90.24 ↑ +2%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $90.24 ↑ +2%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $90.24 ↑ +2%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $90.24 ↑ +2%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $92.12 ↑ +4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $92.12 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Plans $92.12 ↑ +4%

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Ot re-evaluation patient/family at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $202.80 $88.55 – $88.55
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $91.00 $47.90 – $212.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $146.90 $89.47 – $226.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $175.50 $47.90 – $270.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $146.90 $116.32 – $236.22
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $179.00 $35.98 – $189.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $226.00 $62.01 – $226.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $146.90 $47.90 – $226.00

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