Njx chemonucleolysis lmbr at Kettering Health Greene Memorial

1141 North Monroe Drive, Xenia, OH · Ketteringhealth · · NPI 1255317848

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

$2,729.20

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.

$6,823.00

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.

$1,913.74 with Aetna vs $8,725.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 $1,913.74 ↓ -30%
Molina Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,009.43 ↓ -26%
Bcbs Anthem Pathway Hmox Exchange $2,909.42 ↑ +7%
Caresource Marketplace Exchange $2,957.69 ↑ +8%
Unitedhealthcare Exchange $2,969.55 ↑ +9%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $3,973.31 ↑ +46%
Buckeye Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $4,018.86 ↑ +47%
Custom Design Benefits Inc. All Commercial Plans $5,141.46 ↑ +88%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6,165.00 ↑ +126%
Bcbs Anthem - Blue Access/Blue Preferred Hmo/Ppo $6,704.23 ↑ +146%
Aetna New Business/Oh Ky Preferred Other Commercial Plan $8,386.90 ↑ +207%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,386.90 ↑ +207%
Unitedhealthcare Employee $8,725.00 ↑ +220%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,725.00 ↑ +220%

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Njx chemonucleolysis lmbr at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,402.40 $1.10 – $3,326.40
Lorain Hospital Lorain $1,359.60 not published
Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) Kettering $2,729.20 $1,924.04 – $6,165.00
Kettering Health Dayton (Grandview) Dayton $2,729.20 $1,924.04 – $6,165.00
Kettering Health Miamisburg (Sycamore) Miamisburg $2,729.20 $1,936.01 – $6,165.00
St Anne Hospital Toledo $1,386.00 not published
Kettering Health Hamilton (Fort Hamilton) Hamilton $2,729.20 $1,936.01 – $6,165.00
Soin Medical Center Beaver Creek $2,729.20 $1,924.04 – $6,165.00

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