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Replace/revise brain shunt 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

$2,971.80

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.

$4,572.00

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 $11,373.82 with MMO — 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%
Summacare Preferred $527.04 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $527.04 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $577.77 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $595.10 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $606.66 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $612.45 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $635.55 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $635.55 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $689.21 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $770.29 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $816.60 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $816.60 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $816.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $816.60 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $816.60 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $816.60 ↓ -73%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $841.10 ↓ -72%
Summacare Premier $857.43 ↓ -71%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $857.43 ↓ -71%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $881.93 ↓ -70%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $898.26 ↓ -70%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $939.09 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $1,061.58 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,147.52 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $1,161.75 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,636.78 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $1,778.51 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,909.28 ↓ -36%
United All Products $2,121.42 ↓ -29%
United HMO & PPO $2,121.42 ↓ -29%
OMAS All Products $2,286.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $2,743.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $3,200.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $3,200.40 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,429.00 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $3,429.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,657.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $4,114.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,368.13 ↑ +47%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,499.17 ↑ +51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,572.00 ↑ +54%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,586.54 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,586.54 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,804.94 ↑ +62%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,325.51 ↑ +79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,917.23 ↑ +99%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,917.23 ↑ +99%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,390.61 ↑ +115%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,302.63 ↑ +179%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,302.63 ↑ +179%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,302.63 ↑ +179%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,551.71 ↑ +188%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,717.76 ↑ +193%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $8,966.84 ↑ +202%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $10,080.89 ↑ +239%
MMO SuperMed $11,373.82 ↑ +283%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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Replace/revise brain shunt at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $28,722.20 $1.10 – $39,769.20
akron general Akron $2,971.80 $1.10 – $8,551.71
avon hospital Avon not published $4,560.64 – $9,132.89
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,672.49 – $9,132.89
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $4,389.57 – $9,132.89
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $4,179.02 – $9,132.89
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,573.24 – $9,132.89

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