Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$662.25

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.

$883.00

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.

$115.00 with United Healthcare vs $794.70 with Fortified Provider Network — 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
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $115.00 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $131.00 ↓ -80%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $132.00 ↓ -80%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $133.00 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $148.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $186.12 ↓ -72%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $191.71 ↓ -71%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $195.43 ↓ -70%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $195.43 ↓ -70%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $238.41 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Commercial $335.02 ↓ -49%
CareSource Marketplace $335.02 ↓ -49%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $353.20 ↓ -47%
AultCare Commercial $372.24 ↓ -44%
Immergrun Commercial $441.50 ↓ -33%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $441.50 ↓ -33%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $441.50 ↓ -33%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $441.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $441.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $441.50 ↓ -33%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $454.75 ↓ -31%
JP Farley Commercial $479.47 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO Commercial $490.07 ↓ -26%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $494.48 ↓ -25%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $505.08 ↓ -24%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $512.14 ↓ -23%
Aetna OPN Commercial $527.15 ↓ -20%
Immergrun Fund $529.80 ↓ -20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $555.41 ↓ -16%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $555.41 ↓ -16%
Cigna CSN Commercial $558.94 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Commercial $573.95 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $573.95 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $573.95 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $585.43 ↓ -12%
Cigna OAP Commercial $588.96 ↓ -11%
SummaCare Commercial $600.44 ↓ -9%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $618.10 ↓ -7%
Aetna NAP Commercial $692.27 ↑ +5%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $706.40 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $706.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $732.89 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $750.55 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $759.38 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $794.70 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $794.70 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $794.70 ↑ +20%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $440.40 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $440.40 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $440.40 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $419.40 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $704.60 $1.10 – $975.60
akron general Akron $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
avon hospital Avon $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
euclid hospital Euclid $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60

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