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Incision of eardrum 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

$358.80

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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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$552.00

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%
United Managed Medicaid $61.43 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $63.27 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $64.50 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $67.57 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $67.57 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $73.39 ↓ -80%
Summacare Preferred $73.39 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $79.52 ↓ -78%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $87.77 ↓ -76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $90.40 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $92.16 ↓ -74%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $92.16 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $95.97 ↓ -73%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $96.55 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $106.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $106.02 ↓ -70%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $106.02 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $106.02 ↓ -70%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $106.02 ↓ -70%
United Medicare Advantage $106.02 ↓ -70%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $107.26 ↓ -70%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $109.20 ↓ -70%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $111.32 ↓ -69%
Summacare Premier $111.32 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan PPO $113.44 ↓ -68%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $114.50 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $116.62 ↓ -67%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $121.92 ↓ -66%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $137.83 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $140.26 ↓ -61%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $193.11 ↓ -46%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $197.62 ↓ -45%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $214.57 ↓ -40%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.57 ↓ -40%
OHCP All Products $214.73 ↓ -40%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -38%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -38%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -38%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.80 ↓ -36%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.73 ↓ -35%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $233.69 ↓ -35%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $235.28 ↓ -34%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $242.00 ↓ -33%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $249.93 ↓ -30%
Aetna Acop $254.66 ↓ -29%
OMAS All Products $276.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna All Products Physician $276.13 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $331.20 ↓ -8%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $369.64 ↑ +3%
MMO Traditional $386.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $386.40 ↑ +8%
United All Products - Mid-Level $412.82 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $414.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $414.00 ↑ +15%
MMO SuperMed $417.54 ↑ +16%
Aetna Asa $441.60 ↑ +23%
United All Products $458.69 ↑ +28%
United HMO & PPO $458.69 ↑ +28%
Multiplan All Products $496.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $552.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +355655%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +1124783%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Incision of eardrum at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $603.85 $0.01 – $836.10
akron general Akron $358.80 $1.10 – $496.80
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $1,272.00 $224.08 – $1,526.40
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $1,272.00 $224.08 – $1,526.40
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $1,272.00 $224.08 – $403.34
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $1,272.00 $224.08 – $403.34
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $1,272.00 $224.08 – $403.34
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $1,272.00 $224.08 – $403.34

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