Remove pilonidal cyst compl at St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital

8401 Market St., Youngstown, OH · Mercy · · NPI 1790868982

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

$14,377.08

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.

$23,961.80

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.

$2,748.08 with HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] vs $2,803.05 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
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA GOLD PLUS HMO [101001] $2,748.08 ↓ -81%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] $2,748.08 ↓ -81%
CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO [4236] CARESOURCE MYCARE OHIO DUAL [4236001] $2,803.05 ↓ -81%

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Remove pilonidal cyst compl at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $21,053.16 $3,252.40 – $3,252.40
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $15,382.38 $2,830.70 – $2,830.70
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $14,987.10 $2,879.85 – $2,937.44
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $25,777.64 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,102.10 $1.10 – $2,910.60
akron general Akron $2,102.10 $1.10 – $2,856.04
mercy hospital Canton $2,102.10 $1.10 – $2,830.53
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield $13,726.14 $2,879.85 – $2,879.85

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