Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$46.20

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.

$71.07

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.

$0.11 with The Health Plan vs $14.37 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
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.11 ↓ -100%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $0.12 ↓ -100%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.12 ↓ -100%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.13 ↓ -100%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $0.13 ↓ -100%
Summacare Preferred $0.23 ↓ -100%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.26 ↓ -99%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.26 ↓ -99%
AETNA International $0.27 ↓ -99%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2.17 ↓ -95%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.13 ↓ -93%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $4.06 ↓ -91%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -91%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $4.60 ↓ -90%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $4.60 ↓ -90%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $4.86 ↓ -89%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $5.14 ↓ -89%
Summacare PREMIER $5.49 ↓ -88%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $6.44 ↓ -86%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $6.47 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM HPN $6.59 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM Exchange $6.97 ↓ -85%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $6.98 ↓ -85%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $7.19 ↓ -84%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $7.19 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $7.75 ↓ -83%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $7.76 ↓ -83%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $7.86 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $7.95 ↓ -83%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $8.10 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $8.10 ↓ -82%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $8.25 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $8.25 ↓ -82%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $8.65 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan POS $8.90 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan HMO $8.90 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan PPO $9.17 ↓ -80%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $10.06 ↓ -78%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $10.06 ↓ -78%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $10.78 ↓ -77%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $10.78 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $12.07 ↓ -74%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $12.93 ↓ -72%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $12.93 ↓ -72%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $12.93 ↓ -72%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $12.93 ↓ -72%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $14.37 ↓ -69%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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