Drainage external ear complex 69005 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

$4,212.65

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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.

$6,481.00

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 $6,481.00 with The Health Plan — 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 $82.02 ↓ -98%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $84.48 ↓ -98%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $86.12 ↓ -98%
Molina Managed Medicaid $90.22 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $90.22 ↓ -98%
Summacare Preferred $98.74 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $98.74 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $106.09 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $129.12 ↓ -97%
United Medicare Advantage $141.45 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $141.45 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $141.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $141.45 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.45 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $141.45 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $144.31 ↓ -97%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $145.69 ↓ -97%
Summacare Premier $148.52 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $148.52 ↓ -96%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $152.77 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $155.60 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $162.67 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $183.89 ↓ -96%
Oscar All Products $219.54 ↓ -95%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $269.99 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $288.76 ↓ -93%
Aetna Acop $294.08 ↓ -93%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $309.31 ↓ -93%
Cigna All Products Physician $319.03 ↓ -92%
OHCP All Products $336.10 ↓ -92%
OMAS All Products $432.00 ↓ -90%
United All Products - Mid-Level $479.17 ↓ -89%
PHPHI All Products $518.40 ↓ -88%
United HMO & PPO $532.41 ↓ -87%
United All Products $532.41 ↓ -87%
MMO Traditional $604.80 ↓ -86%
GMS All Products $604.80 ↓ -86%
Immergrun All Products $648.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna All Products First Health $648.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Asa $691.20 ↓ -84%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $766.14 ↓ -82%
Multiplan All Products $777.60 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $789.12 ↓ -81%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $804.45 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $804.45 ↓ -81%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $842.75 ↓ -80%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $864.00 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,347.36 ↓ -68%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,497.07 ↓ -64%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,497.07 ↓ -64%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,609.41 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,616.83 ↓ -62%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,640.67 ↓ -61%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,687.54 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM HPN $1,789.00 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,832.83 ↓ -56%
ANTHEM Exchange $1,894.00 ↓ -55%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,073.92 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,073.92 ↓ -51%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,104.00 ↓ -50%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,190.58 ↓ -48%
Summacare PREMIER $2,475.74 ↓ -41%
MMO SuperMed $2,768.64 ↓ -34%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,916.45 ↓ -31%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↓ -29%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,059.03 ↓ -27%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $3,149.77 ↓ -25%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $3,236.97 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,240.50 ↓ -23%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $3,240.50 ↓ -23%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $3,499.74 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $3,583.99 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan PPO $4,137.47 ↓ -2%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $4,536.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $4,536.70 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $4,860.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $4,860.75 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $5,444.04 ↑ +29%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
The Health Plan POS $6,481.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $6,481.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan HMO $6,481.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Drainage external ear complex 69005 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $3,650.40 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
akron general Akron $4,212.65 $1.10 – $5,832.90
avon hospital Avon $4,212.65 $288.39 – $5,832.90
euclid hospital Euclid $4,212.65 $288.39 – $5,832.90
fairview hospital Cleveland $4,212.65 $246.34 – $5,832.90
lutheran hospital Cleveland $4,212.65 $288.39 – $5,832.90
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $4,212.65 $246.34 – $5,832.90

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