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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at avon hospital

33300 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Avon, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1346607017

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,848.60

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.

$2,844.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $3,053.00 with AETNA — 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $169.75 ↓ -91%
OPTUM All Products VA $573.15 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $573.15 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $573.15 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $573.15 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $573.15 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $573.15 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $590.35 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $593.48 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $611.28 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $619.00 ↓ -67%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $623.15 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $640.96 ↓ -65%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $647.46 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $647.46 ↓ -65%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $647.46 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $652.82 ↓ -65%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $652.82 ↓ -65%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $659.79 ↓ -64%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $659.79 ↓ -64%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $804.28 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $910.08 ↓ -51%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $961.27 ↓ -48%
Summacare Preferred $995.40 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $1,083.56 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,177.42 ↓ -36%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,279.80 ↓ -31%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,342.37 ↓ -27%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,382.18 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,422.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,487.41 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,535.76 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,594.06 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,609.70 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.40 ↓ -8%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,860.00 ↑ +1%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,133.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $2,133.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +33%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,693.00 ↑ +46%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,844.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA International $3,053.00 ↑ +65%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
akron general Akron $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
euclid hospital Euclid $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
lodi hospital Lodi $1,848.60 $618.26 – $2,559.60
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60

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