Laryngoscop w/vc inj + scope at Mercy West Hospital

3300 Mercy Health Blvd., Cincinnati, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1912007931

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

$14,840.98

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.

$24,734.97

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.

$3,696.43 with UHC MEDICARE [1011] vs $3,770.36 with CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] — same scan, same building. Share

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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
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE-ADVANTAGE PPO [103002] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO [103003] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA CHOICE-PPO MEDICARE [101003] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA GOLD PLUS HMO [101001] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1011017] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] $3,696.43 ↓ -75%
CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO DUAL [4236001] $3,770.36 ↓ -75%

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Laryngoscop w/vc inj + scope at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $14,009.44 $3,633.35 – $3,706.02
Clermont Hospital Batavia $11,999.14 $3,633.35 – $3,633.35
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $11,024.00 $0.01 – $15,264.00
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $4,854.75 $3,527.30 – $7,054.61
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield $13,161.82 $3,696.43 – $3,770.36
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Youngstown $12,816.78 $3,606.38 – $3,678.51
St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Youngstown $12,109.06 $3,527.30 – $3,597.85
akron general Akron not published $1,124.06 – $3,880.03

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