CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Mercy Medical Center

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$3,517

about 0.6× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $1,134–$6,458

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,150

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $2,367 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $3,517 This hospital $1,150 Cash price $8,944 Hospital's list price $13,760

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How this hospital compares to other OH hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other OH hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $914 Priciest $1,701

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) is about $3,517 (about 0.6× the $6,176 Medicare rate). Mercy Medical Center charges insurers about $1,150, or about $8,944 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Canton, OH.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$516 - $8,434	8%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$632 - $15,231	10%
Aetnamajor	$632 - $23,750	10%
Cignamajor	$632 - $12,374	10%
Humanamajor	$632 - $5,391	10%
AmeriHealth	$567 - $2,689	9%
CareSource	$531 - $2,518	9%
Molina	$567 - $2,567	9%
Oscar Health	$375 - $9,132	6%
UniCare	$663 - $5,660	11%
+ 18 smaller / regional plans	$411 - $23,750

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 8,944), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 47562.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercy Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 47562.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Mercy Medical Center

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other OH hospitals

Union Hospital · Dover $914
Christ Hospital · Cincinnati $942
Akron Children's Hospital · Akron $950
Ashtabula County Medical Center · Ashtabula $987
Galion Community Hospital · Galion $1,000
Southwest General Health Center · Middleburg Heights $1,067
Henry County Hospital, Inc · Napoleon $1,579
Akron General Medical Center · Akron $1,701

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.