Version cephalic external at Kettering Health Miamisburg (Sycamore)

4000 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, Miamisburg, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1316966518

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

$1,266.00

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.

$3,165.00

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.

$3,209.41 with Aetna vs $11,217.38 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.

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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 Managed Care Plan $3,209.41 ↑ +154%
Molina Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,369.88 ↑ +166%
Bcbs Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange $4,867.98 ↑ +285%
Caresource Marketplace Exchange $4,960.15 ↑ +292%
Unitedhealthcare Exchange $4,980.04 ↑ +293%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6,165.00 ↑ +387%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $6,663.38 ↑ +426%
Buckeye Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $6,739.76 ↑ +432%
Custom Design Benefits Inc. All Commercial Plans $8,622.41 ↑ +581%
Unitedhealthcare Employee $8,725.00 ↑ +589%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,725.00 ↑ +589%
Bcbs Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo $11,217.38 ↑ +786%

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Version cephalic external at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $4,384.80 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $9,119.70 $3,209.41 – $3,273.60
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $1,061.30 $1,284.00 – $1,647.80
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $444.60 $1.10 – $3,062.57
akron general Akron $8,266.70 $0.01 – $11,446.20
avon hospital Avon $8,266.70 $0.01 – $11,446.20
euclid hospital Euclid $8,266.70 $0.01 – $11,446.20
fairview hospital Cleveland $8,266.70 $0.01 – $11,446.20

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