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Esophagoscopy flex biopsy 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

$447.20

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.

$688.00

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 $3,248.90 with MMO — 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 Medicare Advantage Lower Level $62.39 ↓ -86%
Summacare Preferred $62.39 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $68.31 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $81.59 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $91.08 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $91.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $91.08 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $91.08 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $91.08 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $91.08 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $91.19 ↓ -80%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $93.81 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $95.63 ↓ -79%
Summacare Premier $95.63 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $97.44 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $98.37 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $100.19 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $100.36 ↓ -78%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $102.31 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $104.74 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $107.18 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $107.18 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $118.40 ↓ -74%
Oscar All Products $174.82 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $246.30 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $267.63 ↓ -40%
OMAS All Products $344.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $412.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $431.80 ↓ -3%
Aetna Acop $432.12 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $461.81 ↑ +3%
MMO Traditional $481.60 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $481.60 ↑ +8%
Cigna All Products Physician $510.21 ↑ +14%
Immergrun All Products $516.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $516.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $550.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $619.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $636.22 ↑ +42%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $655.31 ↑ +47%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $668.03 ↑ +49%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $668.03 ↑ +49%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $688.00 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $699.84 ↑ +56%
United All Products - Mid-Level $755.72 ↑ +69%
United All Products $839.69 ↑ +88%
United HMO & PPO $839.69 ↑ +88%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,577.50 ↑ +253%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,752.78 ↑ +292%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,752.78 ↑ +292%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +306%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +306%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +306%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,869.90 ↑ +318%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,893.00 ↑ +323%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,906.21 ↑ +326%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,960.67 ↑ +338%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,879.57 ↑ +544%
MMO SuperMed $3,248.90 ↑ +626%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Esophagoscopy flex biopsy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,671.90 $0.01 – $7,853.40
akron general Akron $447.20 $1.10 – $1,893.00
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $2,676.75 $788.75 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $2,676.75 $900.00 – $4,597.98
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $3,038.25 not published
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $2,676.75 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $2,676.75 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva $3,038.25 not published

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