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Biopsy of hip joint 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

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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.

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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.

$1,483.64 with OPTUM vs $3,293.43 with ANTHEM — 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
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,483.64
OPTUM All Products VA $1,483.64
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,483.64
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,483.64
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $1,483.64
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,483.64
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28
Valor HMO & PPO $1,521.28
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $1,528.15
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,566.92
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,597.35
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,602.34
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,642.99
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1,673.41
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,673.41
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,611.58
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $2,611.58
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,611.58
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,661.33
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,661.33
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,293.43

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Biopsy of hip joint at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,929.20 $1.10 – $3,552.11
akron general Akron $1,929.20 $1.10 – $2,819.58
mercy hospital Canton $1,929.20 $1.10 – $2,751.49
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $4,263.77 – $4,937.00
euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,394.34 – $3,098.11
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,394.34 – $2,910.51
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,483.64 – $2,770.90
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $1,394.34 – $3,032.29

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