Mast simple complete at Lorain Hospital

3700 Kolbe Rd., Lorain, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1245274950

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

$34,199.75

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.

$56,999.58

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.

$6,282.11 with AETNA MEDICARE [1003] vs $6,407.75 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
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE-ADVANTAGE PPO [103002] $6,282.11 ↓ -82%
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA CHOICE-PPO MEDICARE [101003] $6,282.11 ↓ -82%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1011017] $6,282.11 ↓ -82%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] $6,282.11 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO DUAL [4236001] $6,407.75 ↓ -81%

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Mast simple complete at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $43,570.85 $6,470.98 – $6,600.40
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $42,558.73 $6,583.32 – $6,714.99
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,900.00 $1.10 – $6,282.11
akron general Akron $3,900.00 $1.10 – $6,507.75
mercy hospital Canton $3,900.00 $1.10 – $6,470.57
Springfield Medical Center Springfield $56,791.92 $6,373.69 – $6,501.17
Tiffin Hospital Tiffin $23,637.90 $6,265.83 – $6,391.15
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Youngstown $60,630.93 $6,422.95 – $6,551.40

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