Kit ipg optimizer smart 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

$41,112.50

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.

$63,250.00

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.

$163.84 with UNITED vs $46,000.00 with AETNA — 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
UNITED Managed Medicaid $163.84 ↓ -100%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $168.76 ↓ -100%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $168.76 ↓ -100%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $172.03 ↓ -100%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $172.03 ↓ -100%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $180.22 ↓ -100%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,028.00 ↓ -76%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $13,008.80 ↓ -68%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $13,800.00 ↓ -66%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $14,720.00 ↓ -64%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $14,720.00 ↓ -64%
Summacare Preferred $16,146.00 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $16,468.00 ↓ -60%
Summacare PREMIER $17,572.00 ↓ -57%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $20,608.00 ↓ -50%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $20,700.00 ↓ -50%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $21,712.00 ↓ -47%
ANTHEM HPN $21,808.60 ↓ -47%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $22,356.00 ↓ -46%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $23,000.00 ↓ -44%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $23,000.00 ↓ -44%
ANTHEM Exchange $23,087.40 ↓ -44%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $24,840.00 ↓ -40%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $25,438.00 ↓ -38%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $25,654.20 ↓ -38%
The Health Plan POS $28,497.00 ↓ -31%
The Health Plan HMO $28,497.00 ↓ -31%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $28,842.00 ↓ -30%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $29,210.00 ↓ -29%
The Health Plan PPO $29,366.40 ↓ -29%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $32,200.00 ↓ -22%
AETNA International $32,200.00 ↓ -22%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $32,200.00 ↓ -22%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $32,200.00 ↓ -22%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $34,500.00 ↓ -16%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $34,500.00 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $38,640.00 ↓ -6%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $41,400.00 ↑ +1%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $41,400.00 ↑ +1%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $41,400.00 ↑ +1%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $41,400.00 ↑ +1%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $46,000.00 ↑ +12%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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