Remove part lumbar vertebra 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

$3,658.20

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.

$5,628.00

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 $597.90 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $615.84 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $627.80 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $657.69 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $657.69 ↓ -82%
Summacare Preferred $712.31 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $712.31 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $849.72 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $931.48 ↓ -75%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,041.07 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,132.96 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,132.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,132.96 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,132.96 ↓ -69%
United Medicare Advantage $1,132.96 ↓ -69%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,132.96 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,166.95 ↓ -68%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,189.61 ↓ -67%
Summacare Premier $1,189.61 ↓ -67%
The Health Plan PPO $1,212.27 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,223.60 ↓ -67%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $1,246.26 ↓ -66%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $1,302.90 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $1,430.07 ↓ -61%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $1,472.85 ↓ -60%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,541.74 ↓ -58%
MMO SuperMed $1,976.58 ↓ -46%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,014.82 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $2,189.29 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,572.81 ↓ -30%
OMAS All Products $2,814.00 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $2,858.68 ↓ -22%
United All Products $2,858.68 ↓ -22%
PHPHI All Products $3,376.80 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $3,939.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $3,939.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,221.00 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $4,221.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $4,502.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $5,065.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $5,628.00 ↑ +54%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +88%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +88%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +88%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +93%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,208.19 ↑ +97%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +103%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $7,604.81 ↑ +108%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $7,832.95 ↑ +114%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $7,985.05 ↑ +118%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $7,985.05 ↑ +118%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $8,365.29 ↑ +129%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +34793%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +110230%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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