Renal function panel 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

$174.72

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.

$364.00

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.

$8.68 with BCBS - NE vs $26.46 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 $8.68 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.68 ↓ -95%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $8.68 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.68 ↓ -95%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $8.68 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $8.85 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.11 ↓ -95%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $9.12 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $11.61 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $11.85 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $11.85 ↓ -93%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $12.08 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $16.20 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $16.20 ↓ -91%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $19.27 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $24.57 ↓ -86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $24.57 ↓ -86%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $25.92 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $25.92 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|ACO $25.92 ↓ -85%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $25.92 ↓ -85%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $25.92 ↓ -85%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $25.92 ↓ -85%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $26.46 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Plans $26.46 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.46 ↓ -85%

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Renal function panel at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $54.60 $8.68 – $8.68
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $59.15 $8.42 – $91.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $94.25 $57.41 – $145.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $94.25 $54.81 – $163.21
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $103.35 $8.42 – $159.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $94.25 $55.42 – $145.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $79.95 $8.42 – $123.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $94.25 $74.63 – $151.55

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