Storage/year embryo(s) 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

$455.00

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.

$700.00

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.

$1.11 with AETNA vs $700.00 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
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -100%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $20.26 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $20.87 ↓ -95%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $20.87 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $21.27 ↓ -95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $21.27 ↓ -95%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $22.29 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.50 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.33 ↓ -65%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $158.33 ↓ -65%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18 ↓ -65%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18 ↓ -65%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.02 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $166.25 ↓ -63%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.24 ↓ -63%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.00 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $174.08 ↓ -62%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $177.30 ↓ -61%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $197.96 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $224.00 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $224.00 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $245.70 ↓ -46%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $250.60 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $267.40 ↓ -41%
AETNA International $314.47 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $315.00 ↓ -31%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $335.61 ↓ -26%
ANTHEM Exchange $339.71 ↓ -25%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $340.20 ↓ -25%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $341.02 ↓ -25%
ANTHEM HPN $349.34 ↓ -23%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $350.00 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $350.00 ↓ -23%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $378.00 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $387.10 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $410.97 ↓ -10%
The Health Plan POS $433.65 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan HMO $433.65 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan PPO $446.88 ↓ -2%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $490.00 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $490.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $525.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $525.00 ↑ +15%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $558.30 ↑ +23%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $588.00 ↑ +29%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $630.00 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $630.00 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $630.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $630.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $639.34 ↑ +41%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $700.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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Storage/year embryo(s) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $455.00 $24.85 – $630.00
akron general Akron $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00
avon hospital Avon $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00
euclid hospital Euclid $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00
fairview hospital Cleveland $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00
lutheran hospital Cleveland $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $455.00 $0.95 – $630.00

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