Vitamin b-12 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

$93.60

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.

$195.00

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.

$15.08 with BCBS - NE vs $45.08 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 $15.08 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -84%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $15.38 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.83 ↓ -83%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $15.84 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $19.78 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $20.18 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $20.18 ↓ -78%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $20.58 ↓ -78%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $27.60 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $27.60 ↓ -71%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $33.48 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $41.86 ↓ -55%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $41.86 ↓ -55%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $44.16 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $44.16 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|ACO $44.16 ↓ -53%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $44.16 ↓ -53%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $44.16 ↓ -53%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $44.16 ↓ -53%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $45.08 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Plans $45.08 ↓ -52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.08 ↓ -52%

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Vitamin b-12 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $100.80 $15.08 – $15.08
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $52.00 $14.62 – $80.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $94.90 $57.80 – $146.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $94.90 $55.19 – $164.34
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $108.55 $14.62 – $167.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $94.90 $55.80 – $146.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $72.80 $14.62 – $112.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $94.90 $75.15 – $152.60

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