Repair eardrum structures at Jewish Hospital

4777 E GALBRAITH RD, Cincinnati, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1336478163

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$26,429.83

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.

$44,049.72

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.

$5,768.99 with HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] 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.

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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
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA CHOICE-PPO MEDICARE [101003] $5,768.99 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE-ADVANTAGE PPO [103002] $5,768.99 ↓ -78%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] $5,768.99 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO [103003] $5,768.99 ↓ -78%
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA GOLD PLUS HMO [101001] $5,768.99 ↓ -78%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] $5,768.99 ↓ -78%
CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO DUAL [4236001] $5,884.37 ↓ -78%

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Repair eardrum structures at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $25,198.56 $5,768.99 – $5,884.37
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $21,329.46 $5,869.15 – $5,986.53
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $19,779.24 $5,869.15 – $5,869.15
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,613.00 $1.10 – $5,600.62
akron general Akron $2,613.00 $1.10 – $5,903.23
mercy hospital Canton $2,613.00 $1.10 – $5,768.63
Springfield Medical Center Springfield $22,811.58 $5,682.26 – $5,795.91
avon hospital Avon not published $2,307.69 – $6,160.68

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