Repair of nasal septum at Kings Mills Hospital

5440 KINGS ISLAND DRIVE, Mason, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1790469146

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

$21,477.50

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.

$35,795.83

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.

$3,230.98 with HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] vs $3,230.98 with UHC MEDICARE [1011] — 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
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA CHOICE-PPO MEDICARE [101003] $3,230.98 ↓ -85%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1011017] $3,230.98 ↓ -85%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] $3,230.98 ↓ -85%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] $3,230.98 ↓ -85%

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Repair of nasal septum at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $21,238.68 $3,230.98 – $3,295.60
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $22,184.26 $3,230.98 – $3,295.60
Clermont Hospital Batavia $16,504.84 $3,230.98 – $3,230.98
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $24,315.51 $3,287.07 – $3,352.82
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $42,497.06 $3,287.07 – $7,136.98
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $9,696.70 $0.01 – $13,426.20
akron general Akron $1,822.60 $1.10 – $3,236.25
mercy hospital Canton $1,822.60 $1.10 – $3,230.78

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