CT guidance for needle placement 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

$1,601.25

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.

$2,135.00

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.

$116.78 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $1,921.50 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $116.78 ↓ -93%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $120.29 ↓ -92%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $122.62 ↓ -92%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $122.62 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Commercial $210.21 ↓ -87%
CareSource Marketplace $210.21 ↓ -87%
Aetna OPN Commercial $287.09 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $287.09 ↓ -82%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $520.00 ↓ -68%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $576.45 ↓ -64%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $600.00 ↓ -63%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $600.00 ↓ -63%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $600.00 ↓ -63%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $900.00 ↓ -44%
AultCare Commercial $1,009.00 ↓ -37%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $1,067.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,067.50 ↓ -33%
Cigna OAP Commercial $1,100.00 ↓ -31%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $1,127.28 ↓ -30%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $1,184.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,184.93 ↓ -26%
JP Farley Commercial $1,195.60 ↓ -25%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $1,195.60 ↓ -25%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $1,221.22 ↓ -24%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $1,238.30 ↓ -23%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $1,261.79 ↓ -21%
Immergrun Fund $1,281.00 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,308.76 ↓ -18%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $1,316.00 ↓ -18%
Cigna CSN Commercial $1,351.46 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,387.75 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,387.75 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,387.75 ↓ -13%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $1,448.00 ↓ -10%
SummaCare Commercial $1,451.80 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,488.10 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,494.50 ↓ -7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $1,631.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna NAP Commercial $1,673.84 ↑ +5%
Beech Street Commercial $1,708.00 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $1,708.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $1,772.05 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $1,814.75 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $1,836.10 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $1,921.50 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $1,921.50 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $1,921.50 ↑ +20%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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