Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple 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

$539.52

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.

$1,124.00

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.

$149.25 with BCBS - NE vs $585.06 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
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $149.25 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $149.25 ↓ -72%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $149.25 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $149.25 ↓ -72%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $149.25 ↓ -72%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $152.24 ↓ -72%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $156.72 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $156.72 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $256.71 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $261.85 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $261.85 ↓ -51%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $266.98 ↓ -51%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $331.34 ↓ -39%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $358.20 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $358.20 ↓ -34%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $543.27 ↑ +1%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $543.27 ↑ +1%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $573.12 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|ACO $573.12 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $573.12 ↑ +6%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $573.12 ↑ +6%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $573.12 ↑ +6%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $573.12 ↑ +6%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $585.06 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|All Plans $585.06 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $585.06 ↑ +8%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $405.00 $382.44 – $438.75
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $607.00 $55.28 – $869.92
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $607.00 $5.92 – $470.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $407.00 $5.92 – $65.12
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $705.00 $5.92 – $65.12
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $607.00 $5.92 – $65.12
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $4,918.00 $9.47 – $3,635.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $705.00 $34.43 – $607.00

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