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Excision of tongue lesion 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

$735.80

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.

$1,132.00

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 $5,497.86 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%
United Managed Medicaid $147.53 ↓ -80%
Summacare Preferred $147.55 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $147.55 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $151.96 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $154.91 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $162.28 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $162.28 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $162.34 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $192.95 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $215.65 ↓ -71%
United Medicare Advantage $216.45 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $216.45 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $216.45 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $216.45 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $216.45 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $216.45 ↓ -71%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $222.94 ↓ -70%
Summacare Premier $227.27 ↓ -69%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $227.27 ↓ -69%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $233.77 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $238.10 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $248.92 ↓ -66%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $281.39 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $287.64 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $405.26 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $415.17 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $440.35 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $444.03 ↓ -40%
Aetna Acop $460.28 ↓ -37%
Cigna All Products Physician $490.56 ↓ -33%
OMAS All Products $566.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $679.20 ↓ -8%
United All Products - Mid-Level $733.16 ↓ -0%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $766.14 ↑ +4%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $789.12 ↑ +7%
GMS All Products $792.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $792.40 ↑ +8%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $804.45 ↑ +9%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $804.45 ↑ +9%
United All Products $814.62 ↑ +11%
United HMO & PPO $814.62 ↑ +11%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $842.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $849.00 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $849.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $905.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,018.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,132.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,696.88 ↑ +267%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,996.53 ↑ +307%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,996.53 ↑ +307%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +326%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +326%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +326%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,230.78 ↑ +339%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,236.25 ↑ +340%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,293.51 ↑ +348%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,387.61 ↑ +360%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,872.30 ↑ +562%
MMO SuperMed $5,497.86 ↑ +647%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Excision of tongue lesion at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $9,696.70 $0.01 – $13,426.20
akron general Akron $735.80 $1.10 – $3,236.25
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $3,732.00 $900.00 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $3,732.00 $900.00 – $7,944.33
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $3,732.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $3,732.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $3,732.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $3,732.00 $3,136.68 – $5,646.02

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