Pyruvate 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

$123.84

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.

$258.00

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.

$14.48 with Medica vs $252.84 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
Medica Medicare|All Plans $14.48 ↓ -88%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $14.48 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.48 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.48 ↓ -88%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $14.48 ↓ -88%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $14.77 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.20 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $15.21 ↓ -88%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $32.15 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $110.94 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $113.16 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $113.16 ↓ -9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $115.38 ↓ -7%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $154.80 ↑ +25%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $154.80 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $234.78 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $234.78 ↑ +90%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $247.68 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $247.68 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $247.68 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $247.68 ↑ +100%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $247.68 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $247.68 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $252.84 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Plans $252.84 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $252.84 ↑ +104%

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Pyruvate at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $185.40 $14.48 – $14.48
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $90.35 $14.04 – $139.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $90.35 $14.04 – $139.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $90.35 $14.04 – $139.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $195.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $39.00 $22.10 – $47.45
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $90.35 $14.04 – $139.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $64.28 $8.69 – $42.34

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