G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at St Joseph Warren Hospital

667 Eastland Avenue SE, Warren, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1629009964

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

$8,118.28

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.

$13,530.47

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.

$812.43 with AETNA MEDICARE [1003] vs $828.68 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 HMO [103003] $812.43 ↓ -90%
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE-ADVANTAGE PPO [103002] $812.43 ↓ -90%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1011017] $812.43 ↓ -90%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] $812.43 ↓ -90%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] $812.43 ↓ -90%
CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO DUAL [4236001] $828.68 ↓ -90%

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G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $6,003.59 $836.86 – $853.60
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $7,868.42 $836.86 – $853.60
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $9,377.54 $851.39 – $868.42
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $8,996.10 $851.39 – $868.42
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,041.65 $1.10 – $2,196.90
akron general Akron $455.00 $1.10 – $836.81
avon hospital Avon $1,586.65 $254.90 – $2,196.90
euclid hospital Euclid $1,586.65 $261.15 – $2,196.90

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