Sex chromatin identification 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.

$7.30 with UNITED vs $54.63 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
UNITED Managed Medicaid $7.30
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $7.52
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $7.52
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $7.67
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $7.67
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $8.03
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.98
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.98
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.98
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.98
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $17.98
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.88
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $18.88
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.42
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $19.42
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $19.78
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $31.47
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $33.38
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $40.46
AETNA International $54.63

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Sex chromatin identification at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead $79.17 $8.88 – $18.18
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $8.96 – $36.05
akron general Akron not published $7.12 – $36.05
avon hospital Avon not published $7.62 – $33.38
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $12.45 – $14.42
euclid hospital Euclid not published $7.82 – $33.38
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $7.34 – $33.38
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $6.99 – $33.38

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