Upper Endoscopy (EGD, with biopsy) 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

$1,190.40

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.

$2,480.00

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.

$275.00 with United vs $1,078.00 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 $275.00 ↓ -77%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $275.00 ↓ -77%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $275.00 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $275.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $275.00 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $280.50 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $288.75 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $288.75 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $473.00 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $482.46 ↓ -59%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $482.46 ↓ -59%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $491.92 ↓ -59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $610.50 ↓ -49%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $660.00 ↓ -45%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $660.00 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,001.00 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,001.00 ↓ -16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,056.00 ↓ -11%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,078.00 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,078.00 ↓ -9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,078.00 ↓ -9%

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Upper Endoscopy (EGD, with biopsy) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $195.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $6,644.53 $4.05 – $3,834.15
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $5,767.09 $3.33 – $1,386.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $11,677.09 $39.41 – $1,940.91
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $16,663.10 $39.41 – $4,235.59
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $14,658.80 $3.87 – $1,448.65
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $10,537.60 $0.96 – $1,760.83
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $13,998.80 $2.46 – $1,386.00

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