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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at mercy hospital
1320 Mercy Drive Northwest, Canton, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1366433195
$540.15
Cash price 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.
$831.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.01 with AETNA vs $734.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.01 | ↓ -100% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.65 | ↓ -100% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $6.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $6.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $7.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $8.59 | ↓ -98% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $9.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $10.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $10.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $10.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $10.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $10.45 | ↓ -98% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $10.45 | ↓ -98% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $10.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Summacare | Premier | $10.97 | ↓ -98% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $10.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Perennial Health | Medicare Advantage | $11.29 | ↓ -98% |
| The Health Plan | All Products PCP | $11.50 | ↓ -98% |
| The Health Plan | All Products Specialty Physicians | $12.02 | ↓ -98% |
| The Health Plan | All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians | $13.59 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $14.42 | ↓ -97% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $18.44 | ↓ -97% |
| United | All Products | $20.49 | ↓ -96% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $20.49 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | All Products | $24.65 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $26.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $27.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $28.30 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $29.65 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $29.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $34.73 | ↓ -94% |
| OHCP | All Products | $37.73 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $46.30 | ↓ -91% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $47.69 | ↓ -91% |
| OMAS | All Products | $48.50 | ↓ -91% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $48.62 | ↓ -91% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $48.62 | ↓ -91% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $50.93 | ↓ -91% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $52.38 | ↓ -90% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $58.20 | ↓ -89% |
| MMO | Traditional | $67.90 | ↓ -87% |
| GMS | All Products | $67.90 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $69.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $72.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Immergrun | All Products | $72.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Asa | $77.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $87.30 | ↓ -84% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $97.00 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $98.26 | ↓ -82% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $98.26 | ↓ -82% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $101.88 | ↓ -81% |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $103.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.12 | ↓ -80% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $106.82 | ↓ -80% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $207.58 | ↓ -62% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $219.50 | ↓ -59% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $224.04 | ↓ -59% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $234.88 | ↓ -57% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $234.88 | ↓ -57% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $248.09 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | International | $277.21 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $280.39 | ↓ -48% |
| ANTHEM | Exchange | $308.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $330.30 | ↓ -39% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $343.23 | ↓ -36% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $356.72 | ↓ -34% |
| Immergrun | ALL PRODUCTS | $367.00 | ↓ -32% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $367.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $396.36 | ↓ -27% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $405.90 | ↓ -25% |
| The Health Plan | PPO | $468.59 | ↓ -13% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $513.80 | ↓ -5% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $513.80 | ↓ -5% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $550.50 | ↑ +2% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $550.50 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $551.66 | ↑ +2% |
| The Health Plan | Self-Funded ASO | $616.56 | ↑ +14% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $660.60 | ↑ +22% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $660.60 | ↑ +22% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $660.60 | ↑ +22% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $660.60 | ↑ +22% |
| The Health Plan | POS | $734.00 | ↑ +36% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $734.00 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $734.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $540.15 | $1.10 – $660.60 |
| akron general | Akron | $540.15 | $0.87 – $660.60 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $477.10 | $0.87 – $660.60 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $477.10 | $0.87 – $660.60 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $477.10 | $0.87 – $660.60 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $477.10 | $0.87 – $660.60 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $477.10 | $0.87 – $660.60 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $477.10 | $75.62 – $660.60 |