Corneal smear at Soin Medical Center
3535 Pentagon Park Blvd, Beaver Creek, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1760764849
$313.60
Cash price 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.
$784.00
Gross charge 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.
$440.16 with Aetna vs $12,096.23 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $440.16 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $462.17 | ↑ +47% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange | $658.13 | ↑ +110% |
| Caresource | Marketplace Exchange | $680.27 | ↑ +117% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Exchange | $683.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $913.86 | ↑ +191% |
| Buckeye Health Plan | Ambetter Exchange | $924.34 | ↑ +195% |
| Custom Design Benefits Inc. | All Commercial Plans | $1,182.54 | ↑ +277% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo | $1,516.54 | ↑ +384% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Employee | $4,802.00 | ↑ +1431% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,802.00 | ↑ +1431% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $11,143.00 | ↑ +3453% |
| Aetna | New Business/Oh Ky Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $12,096.23 | ↑ +3757% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $12,096.23 | ↑ +3757% |
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Corneal smear at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,193.40 | $0.01 – $1,652.40 |
| akron general | Akron | $382.20 | $1.10 – $529.20 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $382.20 | $1.10 – $529.20 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $315.75 | $93.04 – $760.74 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $315.75 | $168.40 – $1,070.41 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $315.75 | $422.64 – $760.74 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $315.75 | $422.64 – $760.74 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $315.75 | $422.64 – $760.74 |