Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering)
3535 Southern Boulevard, Kettering, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1043233984
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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.
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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.
$3,798.83 with Aetna vs $23,007.00 with Cigna — 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 | $3,798.83 | — |
| Medical Mutual | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $3,958.00 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,988.77 | — |
| Medical Mutual | Supermed Ppo | $5,653.00 | — |
| Bcbs | Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange | $5,681.09 | — |
| Caresource | Marketplace Exchange | $5,871.09 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Exchange | $5,894.65 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Employee | $6,636.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,636.00 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $7,887.13 | — |
| Buckeye Health Plan | Ambetter Exchange | $7,977.55 | — |
| Aetna | New Business/Oh Ky Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $8,386.90 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,386.90 | — |
| Custom Design Benefits Inc. | All Commercial Plans | $10,205.94 | — |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo | $13,091.06 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $23,007.00 | — |
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Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $26,933.49 | $3,822.46 – $3,898.91 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $11,375.65 | $0.01 – $15,750.90 |
| akron general | Akron | not published | $2,504.73 – $4,012.33 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $2,686.28 – $4,012.33 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $4,385.72 – $5,078.21 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $2,752.16 – $4,012.33 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $2,585.52 – $4,012.33 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $2,461.50 – $4,012.33 |