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Establish brain cavity shunt 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

$4,018.30

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.

$6,182.00

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 $644.48 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $644.48 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $746.40 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $769.28 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $792.36 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $807.74 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $842.78 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $846.21 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $846.21 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $941.93 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $995.20 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $995.20 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $995.20 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $995.20 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $995.20 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $995.20 ↓ -75%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,025.06 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,044.96 ↓ -74%
Summacare Premier $1,044.96 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan PPO $1,064.86 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,074.82 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $1,094.72 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $1,144.48 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $1,293.76 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,411.14 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $1,570.85 ↓ -61%
MMO SuperMed $1,797.38 ↓ -55%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,213.16 ↓ -45%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,340.62 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $2,404.80 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $2,600.69 ↓ -35%
United All Products $2,600.69 ↓ -35%
OMAS All Products $3,091.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $3,709.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $4,327.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,327.40 ↑ +8%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,368.13 ↑ +9%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,499.17 ↑ +12%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,586.54 ↑ +14%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,586.54 ↑ +14%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,636.50 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $4,636.50 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,804.94 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $4,945.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $5,563.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,182.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +31666%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +100343%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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Establish brain cavity shunt at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,018.30 $1.10 – $6,203.10
akron general Akron $4,018.30 $1.10 – $5,563.80
avon hospital Avon not published $4,560.64 – $4,647.51
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $7,445.87 – $8,621.54
euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,672.49 – $5,410.25
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $4,389.57 – $5,082.66
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $4,179.02 – $4,838.87
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,573.24 – $5,295.33

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