Aluminum - quest at Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering)

3535 Southern Boulevard, Kettering, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1043233984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$57.20

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.

$143.00

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.

$12.58 with Bcbs vs $57.84 with Medical Mutual — 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
Bcbs Anthem Traditional $12.58 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange $12.58 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo $12.58 ↓ -78%
Custom Design Benefits Inc. All Commercial Plans $25.48 ↓ -55%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $25.48 ↓ -55%
Unitedhealthcare Employee $25.48 ↓ -55%
Caresource Marketplace Exchange $26.24 ↓ -54%
Molina Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $26.75 ↓ -53%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $28.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna New Business/Oh Ky Preferred Other Commercial Plan $28.73 ↓ -50%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $28.98 ↓ -49%
Health Ohio Network All Commercial Plans $35.33 ↓ -38%
Unitedhealthcare Exchange $39.54 ↓ -31%
Medical Mutual New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $48.41 ↓ -15%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $52.90 ↓ -8%
Buckeye Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $53.51 ↓ -6%
Medical Mutual Supermed Ppo $57.84 ↑ +1%

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