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Blood Culture Test at mercy hospital
1320 Mercy Drive Northwest, Canton, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1366433195
$46.15
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.
$71.00
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.
$1.11 with AETNA vs $71.00 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 |
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| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.11 | ↓ -98% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $5.09 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $5.99 | ↓ -87% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.29 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.32 | ↓ -78% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.32 | ↓ -78% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.32 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $10.32 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.32 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.63 | ↓ -77% |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.84 | ↓ -77% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $10.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $11.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $11.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $11.35 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $13.57 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $13.71 | ↓ -70% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $13.98 | ↓ -70% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $13.98 | ↓ -70% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $14.25 | ↓ -69% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $14.25 | ↓ -69% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $14.93 | ↓ -68% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $20.08 | ↓ -56% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $22.72 | ↓ -51% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $22.72 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.22 | ↓ -50% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.83 | ↓ -48% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $24.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $25.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $27.12 | ↓ -41% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $29.44 | ↓ -36% |
| AETNA | International | $31.36 | ↓ -32% |
| ANTHEM | Exchange | $31.89 | ↓ -31% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $31.95 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $34.51 | ↓ -25% |
| Immergrun | ALL PRODUCTS | $35.50 | ↓ -23% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $35.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $38.34 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $39.26 | ↓ -15% |
| The Health Plan | POS | $43.98 | ↓ -5% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $43.98 | ↓ -5% |
| The Health Plan | PPO | $45.33 | ↓ -2% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $49.70 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $49.70 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.25 | ↑ +15% |
| The Health Plan | Self-Funded ASO | $59.64 | ↑ +29% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $63.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $63.90 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $63.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $63.90 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $71.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood Culture Test at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $46.15 | $1.10 – $63.90 |
| akron general | Akron | $46.15 | $0.95 – $63.90 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $46.15 | $0.95 – $63.90 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $46.15 | $0.95 – $63.90 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $46.15 | $0.95 – $63.90 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $46.15 | $0.95 – $63.90 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $46.15 | $0.95 – $63.90 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $46.15 | $5.32 – $63.90 |