Myelography l-s spine at Kettering Health Greene Memorial
1141 North Monroe Drive, Xenia, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1255317848
$640.00
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.
$1,600.00
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.
$141.21 with Aetna vs $2,691.41 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.
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 | All Commercial Plans | $141.21 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | New Business/Oh Ky Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $141.21 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $768.27 | ↑ +20% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $806.68 | ↑ +26% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange | $1,167.99 | ↑ +82% |
| Caresource | Marketplace Exchange | $1,187.36 | ↑ +86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Exchange | $1,192.13 | ↑ +86% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $1,595.08 | ↑ +149% |
| Buckeye Health Plan | Ambetter Exchange | $1,613.37 | ↑ +152% |
| Custom Design Benefits Inc. | All Commercial Plans | $2,064.04 | ↑ +223% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,427.17 | ↑ +279% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo | $2,691.41 | ↑ +321% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $910.20 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $1,362.60 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $910.20 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $910.20 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $1,362.60 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $2,323.80 | not published |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $3,758.95 | $1.10 – $4,905.90 |
| akron general | Akron | $3,758.95 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |