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Ear and throat examination 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

$392.60

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.

$604.00

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 $4,036,081.00 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%
Summacare Preferred $57.86 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $57.86 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $63.02 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $75.67 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $79.19 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $81.57 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $83.15 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $84.02 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $84.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $84.02 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $84.02 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $84.02 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $84.02 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $84.57 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $86.54 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $87.11 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $87.11 ↓ -78%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $87.77 ↓ -78%
Summacare Premier $88.22 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $88.22 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan PPO $89.90 ↓ -77%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $90.40 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $90.74 ↓ -77%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $92.16 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $92.16 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $92.42 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $96.55 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $96.62 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $109.23 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $124.97 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $153.48 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $216.23 ↓ -45%
United All Products - Mid-Level $217.77 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $234.96 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $241.97 ↓ -38%
United All Products $241.97 ↓ -38%
OMAS All Products $302.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $362.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $422.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $422.80 ↑ +8%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $423.48 ↑ +8%
Immergrun All Products $453.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $453.00 ↑ +15%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $470.54 ↑ +20%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $470.54 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $483.20 ↑ +23%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $508.18 ↑ +29%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↑ +30%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↑ +30%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↑ +30%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $525.55 ↑ +34%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $535.76 ↑ +36%
Multiplan All Products $543.60 ↑ +38%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $551.07 ↑ +40%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $604.00 ↑ +54%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $832.63 ↑ +112%
MMO SuperMed $939.01 ↑ +139%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +325027%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +1027939%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Ear and throat examination at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $392.60 $1.10 – $543.60
akron general Akron $392.60 $1.10 – $543.60
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $579.00 $170.61 – $918.44
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $579.00 $308.80 – $1,292.32
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $579.00 $510.25 – $918.44
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $579.00 $510.25 – $918.44
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $579.00 $510.25 – $918.44
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $579.00 $510.25 – $918.44

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