Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$213.75

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.

$285.00

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.

$49.30 with Molina vs $169.20 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $49.30 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $50.76 ↓ -76%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $50.78 ↓ -76%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $51.77 ↓ -76%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $51.77 ↓ -76%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $53.88 ↓ -75%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $53.88 ↓ -75%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $53.88 ↓ -75%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $75.20 ↓ -65%
CareSource Marketplace $88.74 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Commercial $88.74 ↓ -58%
Immergrun Commercial $94.00 ↓ -56%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $94.00 ↓ -56%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $94.00 ↓ -56%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $94.00 ↓ -56%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $94.00 ↓ -56%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $94.00 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $96.82 ↓ -55%
AultCare Commercial $98.60 ↓ -54%
JP Farley Commercial $102.08 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO Commercial $104.34 ↓ -51%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $105.28 ↓ -51%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $107.54 ↓ -50%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $109.04 ↓ -49%
Aetna OPN Commercial $112.24 ↓ -47%
Immergrun Fund $112.80 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $115.24 ↓ -46%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $118.25 ↓ -45%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $118.25 ↓ -45%
Cigna CSN Commercial $119.00 ↓ -44%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $122.20 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Commercial $122.20 ↓ -43%
The Health Plan Commercial $122.20 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial $124.64 ↓ -42%
Cigna OAP Commercial $125.40 ↓ -41%
SummaCare Commercial $127.84 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $131.04 ↓ -39%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $131.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna NAP Commercial $147.39 ↓ -31%
Beech Street Commercial $150.40 ↓ -30%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $150.40 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial $156.04 ↓ -27%
Century Health Network Commercial $159.80 ↓ -25%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $161.68 ↓ -24%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $169.20 ↓ -21%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $169.20 ↓ -21%
MultiPlan Commercial $169.20 ↓ -21%
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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