Ear cartilage graft at Jewish Hospital
4777 E GALBRAITH RD, Cincinnati, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1336478163
$52,105.83
Cash price 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.
$86,843.05
Gross charge 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.
$5,884.37 with CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] vs $5,884.37 with CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] | CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO DUAL [4236001] | $5,884.37 | ↓ -89% |
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Ear cartilage graft at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $43,742.31 | $5,768.99 – $5,884.37 |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $39,793.68 | $5,869.15 – $5,869.15 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $17,687.80 | $0.01 – $24,490.80 |
| akron general | Akron | $1,950.00 | $1.10 – $5,903.23 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $1,950.00 | $1.10 – $5,768.63 |
| Lorain Hospital | Lorain | $34,834.80 | $5,600.62 – $5,600.62 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $1,753.14 – $6,160.68 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $2,862.26 – $3,314.19 |