Culture screening strep group a 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

$29.90

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.

$46.00

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.

$1.11 with AETNA vs $46.00 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.

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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 Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -96%
ANTHEM HPN $3.26 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3.84 ↓ -87%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.97 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6.63 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.63 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.63 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.63 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.63 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.83 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.96 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $6.96 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7.16 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.16 ↓ -76%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $7.29 ↓ -76%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $8.80 ↓ -71%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $13.01 ↓ -56%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $13.57 ↓ -55%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $13.98 ↓ -53%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $13.98 ↓ -53%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $14.25 ↓ -52%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $14.25 ↓ -52%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $14.72 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $14.72 ↓ -51%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $14.93 ↓ -50%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $14.93 ↓ -50%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $15.31 ↓ -49%
Summacare Preferred $16.15 ↓ -46%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $16.47 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $16.55 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $17.57 ↓ -41%
ANTHEM Exchange $17.93 ↓ -40%
AETNA International $20.15 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $20.70 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $22.36 ↓ -25%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $23.00 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $23.00 ↓ -23%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $24.84 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $25.44 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan POS $28.50 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan HMO $28.50 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan PPO $29.37 ↓ -2%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $32.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $32.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $34.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $34.50 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $38.64 ↑ +29%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $41.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $41.40 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $41.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $41.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $46.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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Culture screening strep group a at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $95.40 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $95.40 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $95.40 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $95.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $95.40 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $84.60 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $84.81 $3.27 – $96.48
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $29.90 $1.10 – $41.40

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