Red blood cells each unit 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

$647.40

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.

$996.00

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.

$120.01 with The Health Plan vs $996.00 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
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $120.01 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $133.35 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $133.35 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $139.43 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $139.43 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $139.43 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $140.02 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $143.61 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.02 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $146.40 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $150.59 ↓ -77%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $153.37 ↓ -76%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $170.47 ↓ -74%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $175.58 ↓ -73%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $175.58 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $178.99 ↓ -72%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $178.99 ↓ -72%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $187.52 ↓ -71%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $281.67 ↓ -56%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $286.05 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $318.72 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $318.72 ↓ -51%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $336.65 ↓ -48%
Summacare Preferred $349.60 ↓ -46%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $356.57 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $380.47 ↓ -41%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $448.20 ↓ -31%
ANTHEM HPN $456.47 ↓ -29%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $470.11 ↓ -27%
ANTHEM Exchange $483.36 ↓ -25%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $484.06 ↓ -25%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $498.00 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $498.00 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $537.04 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $537.84 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $550.79 ↓ -15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $602.58 ↓ -7%
The Health Plan POS $617.02 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan HMO $617.02 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan PPO $635.85 ↓ -2%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $697.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $697.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $697.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $697.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $747.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $747.00 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $836.64 ↑ +29%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $896.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $896.40 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $896.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $896.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $996.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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Red blood cells each unit at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $275.40 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $448.20 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $275.40 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $275.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $448.20 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $350.63 $424.20 – $544.39
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $647.40 $1.10 – $896.40
akron general Akron $647.40 $133.35 – $896.40

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