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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes 38520 at mercy hospital

1320 Mercy Drive Northwest, Canton, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1366433195

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,827.80

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.

$2,812.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $6,508.54 with MMO — 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
United Managed Medicaid $256.78 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $264.48 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $269.62 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $282.46 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $282.46 ↓ -85%
Summacare Preferred $289.87 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $289.87 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $321.98 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $379.06 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $423.65 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $429.30 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $429.30 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $429.30 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $429.30 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $429.30 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $429.30 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $442.18 ↓ -76%
Summacare Premier $450.77 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $450.77 ↓ -75%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $463.64 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $472.23 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $493.70 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $558.09 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $628.48 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $714.53 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,006.70 ↓ -45%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,043.58 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $1,093.87 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,159.54 ↓ -37%
United All Products $1,159.54 ↓ -37%
OMAS All Products $1,406.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $1,687.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,844.85 ↑ +1%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,900.20 ↑ +4%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,937.09 ↑ +6%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,937.09 ↑ +6%
GMS All Products $1,968.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,968.40 ↑ +8%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,029.34 ↑ +11%
Immergrun All Products $2,109.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,109.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,249.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,530.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,812.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,184.36 ↑ +74%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,538.18 ↑ +94%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,538.18 ↑ +94%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,704.30 ↑ +103%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,704.30 ↑ +103%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,704.30 ↑ +103%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,815.43 ↑ +109%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.23 ↑ +109%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,889.52 ↑ +113%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $4,000.65 ↑ +119%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $5,768.37 ↑ +216%
MMO SuperMed $6,508.54 ↑ +256%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes 38520 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,827.80 $1.10 – $3,704.30
akron general Akron $1,827.80 $1.10 – $3,821.23
avon hospital Avon not published $1,926.16 – $4,074.73
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,144.72 – $3,641.25
euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,973.40 – $4,074.73
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,853.91 – $4,074.73
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,764.99 – $4,074.73
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $1,931.48 – $4,074.73

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