Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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

$487.68

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.

$1,016.00

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.

$431.29 with United vs $982.94 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 $431.29 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $431.29 ↓ -12%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $431.29 ↓ -12%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $431.29 ↓ -12%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $431.29 ↓ -12%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $431.29 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $439.92 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $439.92 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $439.92 ↓ -10%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $448.55 ↓ -8%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $452.86 ↓ -7%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $452.86 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $601.80 ↑ +23%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $601.80 ↑ +23%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $912.73 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $912.73 ↑ +87%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $957.47 ↑ +96%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $962.88 ↑ +97%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $962.88 ↑ +97%
Medica Commercial|ACO $962.88 ↑ +97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $962.88 ↑ +97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $962.88 ↑ +97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $962.88 ↑ +97%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $982.94 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Plans $982.94 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $982.94 ↑ +102%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $413.40 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $772.20 $93.79 – $1,188.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $732.55 $446.18 – $1,127.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $819.00 $96.27 – $1,260.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $981.00 $30.03 – $981.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $661.05 $30.03 – $1,017.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $732.55 $30.03 – $1,127.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $677.30 $101.16 – $1,042.00

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