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After cataract laser surgery at mercy hospital
1320 Mercy Drive Northwest, Canton, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1366433195
$1,640.60
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.
$2,524.00
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.
$0.01 with UNITED vs $4,001.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $259.58 | ↓ -84% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $267.37 | ↓ -84% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $267.37 | ↓ -84% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $272.56 | ↓ -83% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $272.56 | ↓ -83% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $285.54 | ↓ -83% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $456.21 | ↓ -72% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $506.90 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $506.90 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $520.34 | ↓ -68% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $520.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $520.34 | ↓ -68% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $532.24 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $535.95 | ↓ -67% |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $546.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $547.45 | ↓ -67% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $561.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $572.37 | ↓ -65% |
| The Health Plan | PPO | $702.45 | ↓ -57% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $713.79 | ↓ -56% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $807.68 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $807.68 | ↓ -51% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $853.11 | ↓ -48% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $885.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $903.59 | ↓ -45% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $964.17 | ↓ -41% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,135.80 | ↓ -31% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,160.53 | ↓ -29% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $1,215.81 | ↓ -26% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,226.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Immergrun | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,262.00 | ↓ -23% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,262.00 | ↓ -23% |
| ANTHEM | Exchange | $1,287.24 | ↓ -22% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $1,362.96 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $1,395.77 | ↓ -15% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $1,430.35 | ↓ -13% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,766.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $1,766.80 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,893.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,893.00 | ↑ +15% |
| The Health Plan | Self-Funded ASO | $2,120.16 | ↑ +29% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,271.60 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $2,271.60 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $2,271.60 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $2,271.60 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $2,524.00 | ↑ +54% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $2,524.00 | ↑ +54% |
| The Health Plan | POS | $2,524.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,465.00 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $3,810.00 | ↑ +132% |
| AETNA | International | $4,001.00 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
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After cataract laser surgery at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| marymount hospital | Garfield Heights | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |
| medina hospital | Medina | $1,640.60 | $0.01 – $2,271.60 |