An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Riverside Methodist Hospital
3535 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH · OhioHealth · · NPI 1467484972
$6,555.90
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.
$10,086.00
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.
$3,452.30 with Aetna vs $15,689.00 with Bcbs — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,452.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Blue Access Hmo/Ppo | $15,689.00 | ↑ +139% |
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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Grant Medical Center | Columbus | $6,555.90 | $3,452.30 – $15,689.00 |
| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | $6,555.90 | $3,527.80 – $15,689.00 |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $2,183.09 | $2,641.20 – $3,521.60 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $10,552.10 | $0.01 – $14,610.60 |
| akron general | Akron | $10,552.10 | $0.01 – $14,610.60 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $10,552.10 | $0.01 – $14,610.60 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $10,552.10 | $0.01 – $14,610.60 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $10,552.10 | $0.01 – $14,610.60 |