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Thoracoscopy remove cortex 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

$4,882.80

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.

$7,512.00

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%
Summacare Preferred $670.77 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $670.77 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $720.77 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $742.39 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $756.81 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $766.52 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $792.85 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $792.85 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $877.17 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $980.36 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,022.03 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,022.03 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,022.03 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,022.03 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $1,022.03 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,022.03 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,052.69 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,073.13 ↓ -78%
Summacare Premier $1,073.13 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan PPO $1,093.57 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,103.79 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $1,124.23 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $1,175.33 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $1,328.64 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,463.23 ↓ -70%
MMO SuperMed $1,863.68 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $1,908.80 ↓ -61%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,427.26 ↓ -50%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,588.48 ↓ -47%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,666.13 ↓ -45%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,689.30 ↓ -45%
United HMO & PPO $2,696.96 ↓ -45%
United All Products $2,696.96 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,717.90 ↓ -44%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,717.90 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,847.33 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $2,922.17 ↓ -40%
OMAS All Products $3,756.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $4,507.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $5,258.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $5,258.40 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,634.00 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $5,634.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,009.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,760.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $7,512.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +26042%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +82559%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Thoracoscopy remove cortex at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,882.80 $1.10 – $6,760.80
akron general Akron $4,882.80 $1.10 – $6,760.80
avon hospital Avon not published $2,702.56 – $2,754.04
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fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,601.19 – $3,011.90
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,476.41 – $2,867.43
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