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Tonsillectomy (child under 12) 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

$912.60

Cash price

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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.

$1,404.00

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 $9,999.36 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 Medicare Advantage Lower Level $165.52 ↓ -82%
Summacare Preferred $165.52 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $176.21 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $179.28 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $184.66 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $188.24 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $197.21 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $197.21 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $216.44 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $234.94 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $234.94 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $234.94 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $234.94 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $234.94 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $234.94 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $241.91 ↓ -73%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $241.99 ↓ -73%
Summacare Premier $246.69 ↓ -73%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $246.69 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $253.74 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $258.43 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $270.18 ↓ -70%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $305.42 ↓ -67%
Oscar All Products $356.76 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $358.28 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $502.63 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $546.16 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $597.11 ↓ -35%
United All Products $663.46 ↓ -27%
United HMO & PPO $663.46 ↓ -27%
OMAS All Products $702.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $842.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $982.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $982.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,053.00 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $1,053.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,123.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,169.68 ↑ +28%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,204.77 ↑ +32%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,228.16 ↑ +35%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,228.16 ↑ +35%
Multiplan All Products $1,263.60 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,286.65 ↑ +41%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,404.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,919.36 ↑ +439%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,465.95 ↑ +499%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,465.95 ↑ +499%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +514%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +514%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +514%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,768.63 ↑ +532%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,880.65 ↑ +544%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,903.23 ↑ +547%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,048.66 ↑ +563%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,862.25 ↑ +871%
MMO SuperMed $9,999.36 ↑ +996%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Tonsillectomy (child under 12) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $912.60 $1.10 – $5,600.62
akron general Akron $912.60 $1.10 – $5,903.23
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,993.83 – $2,308.65
avon hospital Avon not published $1,221.23 – $6,160.68
euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,251.18 – $6,160.68
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,175.43 – $6,160.68
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,119.04 – $6,160.68
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $1,224.61 – $6,160.68

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