Biopsy of upper nose/throat at Soin Medical Center

3535 Pentagon Park Blvd, Beaver Creek, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1760764849

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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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.

$3,266.75 with Aetna vs $11,255.34 with Bcbs — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,266.75
Molina Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,430.09
Medical Mutual New Business Other Commercial Plan $3,958.00
Aetna New Business/Oh Ky Preferred Other Commercial Plan $4,642.34
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,642.34
Bcbs Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange $4,884.45
Caresource Marketplace Exchange $5,048.76
Unitedhealthcare Exchange $5,069.02
Medical Mutual Supermed Ppo $5,653.00
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6,165.00
Unitedhealthcare Employee $6,636.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $6,636.00
Molina Healthcare Exchange $6,782.43
Buckeye Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $6,860.18
Custom Design Benefits Inc. All Commercial Plans $8,776.45
Bcbs Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo $11,255.34

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Biopsy of upper nose/throat at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $9,696.70 $0.01 – $13,426.20
akron general Akron $335.40 $1.10 – $3,236.25
mercy hospital Canton $335.40 $1.10 – $3,230.78
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $3,795.00 $900.00 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $3,795.00 $900.00 – $7,944.33
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $3,795.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $3,795.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $3,795.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02

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