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Urine Culture Test 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

$36.40

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.

$56.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $56.00 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
AETNA Acop $0.95 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $7.32 ↓ -80%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $8.07 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $8.07 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
Valor HMO & PPO $8.07 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $8.07 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $8.31 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.31 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.47 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $8.72 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.72 ↓ -76%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $8.88 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $14.16 ↓ -61%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $14.16 ↓ -61%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $14.16 ↓ -61%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $14.43 ↓ -60%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $14.43 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $15.84 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $17.92 ↓ -51%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $18.17 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $19.60 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $21.34 ↓ -41%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $23.03 ↓ -37%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $23.18 ↓ -36%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $23.27 ↓ -36%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $25.20 ↓ -31%
AETNA International $26.20 ↓ -28%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $27.22 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $28.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $29.29 ↓ -20%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $30.16 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $30.24 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $31.39 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $31.70 ↓ -13%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $32.47 ↓ -11%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $33.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $33.60 ↓ -8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $39.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $39.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $42.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $42.00 ↑ +15%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $50.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $50.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $50.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $50.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $56.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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