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Repair throat esophagus 42953 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

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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.

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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.

$766.14 with UNITED 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
UNITED Managed Medicaid $766.14
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $789.12
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $789.12
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $804.45
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $804.45
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $842.75
The Health Plan PPO $911.51
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00

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Repair throat esophagus 42953 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,457.00 $1.10 – $3,402.00
akron general Akron not published $745.85 – $863.61
avon hospital Avon not published $799.91 – $815.15
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,305.97 – $1,512.17
euclid hospital Euclid not published $819.53 – $948.93
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $769.90 – $891.46
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $732.97 – $848.71
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $802.12 – $928.77

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