Dexamethasone panel 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

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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.

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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.

$64.63 with ANTHEM vs $491.87 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
ANTHEM HPN $64.63
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $76.03
UNITED Managed Medicaid $94.98
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $97.83
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $97.83
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $99.73
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $99.73
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $104.48
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $125.86
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $145.69
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.88
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.88
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.88
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.88
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $161.88
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.74
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.97
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $169.97
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.83
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $174.83
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $178.07
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $283.29
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $364.23
AETNA International $491.87

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Dexamethasone panel at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $726.05 $1.10 – $1,005.30
akron general Akron not published $92.46 – $178.07
avon hospital Avon not published $99.17 – $178.07
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $161.91 – $187.47
euclid hospital Euclid not published $101.60 – $178.07
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $95.45 – $178.07
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $90.87 – $178.07
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $99.45 – $178.07

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