Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1043397292

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 21, 2026

$168.75

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.

$225.00

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.

$7.94 with Anthem vs $101.70 with MultiPlan — 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
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $7.94 ↓ -95%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $7.94 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $7.94 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -90%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↓ -90%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↓ -90%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $23.40 ↓ -86%
CareSource Marketplace $30.19 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial $30.19 ↓ -82%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $30.51 ↓ -82%
AultCare Commercial $33.54 ↓ -80%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $56.50 ↓ -67%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $56.50 ↓ -67%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $56.50 ↓ -67%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $56.50 ↓ -67%
Immergrun Commercial $56.50 ↓ -67%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $56.50 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $58.20 ↓ -66%
JP Farley Commercial $61.36 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO Commercial $62.72 ↓ -63%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $63.28 ↓ -63%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $64.64 ↓ -62%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $65.54 ↓ -61%
Aetna OPN Commercial $67.46 ↓ -60%
Immergrun Fund $67.80 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $69.27 ↓ -59%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $71.08 ↓ -58%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $71.08 ↓ -58%
Cigna CSN Commercial $71.53 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Commercial $73.45 ↓ -56%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $73.45 ↓ -56%
The Health Plan Commercial $73.45 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial $74.92 ↓ -56%
Cigna OAP Commercial $75.37 ↓ -55%
SummaCare Commercial $76.84 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.76 ↓ -53%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $79.10 ↓ -53%
Aetna NAP Commercial $88.59 ↓ -48%
Beech Street Commercial $90.40 ↓ -46%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $90.40 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial $93.79 ↓ -44%
Century Health Network Commercial $96.05 ↓ -43%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $97.18 ↓ -42%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $101.70 ↓ -40%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $101.70 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial $101.70 ↓ -40%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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