Assay of prostaglandin 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

$93.75

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$125.00

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.

$13.13 with Anthem vs $104.40 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 $13.13 ↓ -86%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $13.13 ↓ -86%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $13.13 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $31.32 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -55%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $43.02 ↓ -54%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $43.86 ↓ -53%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $43.86 ↓ -53%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $47.20 ↓ -50%
Immergrun Commercial $58.00 ↓ -38%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $58.00 ↓ -38%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $58.00 ↓ -38%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $58.00 ↓ -38%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $58.00 ↓ -38%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $58.00 ↓ -38%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $59.74 ↓ -36%
CareSource Marketplace $62.64 ↓ -33%
JP Farley Commercial $62.99 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $64.38 ↓ -31%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $64.96 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Commercial $64.96 ↓ -31%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $66.35 ↓ -29%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $67.28 ↓ -28%
Aetna OPN Commercial $69.25 ↓ -26%
Immergrun Fund $69.60 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $71.11 ↓ -24%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $72.96 ↓ -22%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $72.96 ↓ -22%
AultCare Commercial $73.08 ↓ -22%
Cigna CSN Commercial $73.43 ↓ -22%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $75.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Commercial $75.40 ↓ -20%
The Health Plan Commercial $75.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $76.91 ↓ -18%
Cigna OAP Commercial $77.37 ↓ -17%
SummaCare Commercial $78.88 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $80.85 ↓ -14%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $81.20 ↓ -13%
Aetna NAP Commercial $90.94 ↓ -3%
Beech Street Commercial $92.80 ↓ -1%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $92.80 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial $96.28 ↑ +3%
Century Health Network Commercial $98.60 ↑ +5%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $99.76 ↑ +6%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $104.40 ↑ +11%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $104.40 ↑ +11%
MultiPlan Commercial $104.40 ↑ +11%
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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