Esophageal recording 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

$6,403.50

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.

$8,538.00

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.

$1,151.89 with Molina vs $7,684.20 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 $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,151.89 ↓ -82%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,186.44 ↓ -81%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,209.48 ↓ -81%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,209.48 ↓ -81%
CareSource Marketplace $2,073.39 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial $2,073.39 ↓ -68%
AultCare Commercial $2,303.77 ↓ -64%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $2,305.26 ↓ -64%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $4,269.00 ↓ -33%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $4,397.07 ↓ -31%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $4,508.06 ↓ -30%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $4,508.06 ↓ -30%
JP Farley Commercial $4,636.13 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO Commercial $4,738.59 ↓ -26%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $4,781.28 ↓ -25%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $4,883.74 ↓ -24%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $4,952.04 ↓ -23%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $5,045.96 ↓ -21%
Aetna OPN Commercial $5,097.19 ↓ -20%
Immergrun Fund $5,122.80 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $5,156.95 ↓ -19%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $5,370.40 ↓ -16%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $5,370.40 ↓ -16%
Cigna CSN Commercial $5,404.55 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Commercial $5,549.70 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $5,549.70 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $5,549.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $5,660.69 ↓ -12%
Cigna OAP Commercial $5,694.85 ↓ -11%
SummaCare Commercial $5,805.84 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,857.07 ↓ -9%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $5,976.60 ↓ -7%
Aetna NAP Commercial $6,693.79 ↑ +5%
Beech Street Commercial $6,830.40 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $6,830.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $7,086.54 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $7,257.30 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $7,342.68 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $7,684.20 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $7,684.20 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $7,684.20 ↑ +20%
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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Esophageal recording at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,748.90 $1.10 – $1,806.39
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $4,717.05 not published
Shelby Hospital Shelby $3,390.40 not published
Grant Medical Center Columbus $4,717.05 $1,173.98 – $1,173.98
Doctors Hospital Columbus $4,717.05 not published
Hardin Memorial Hospital Kenton $2,370.55 not published
Marion General Hospital Marion $5,440.50 not published
Mansfield Hospital Mansfield $3,390.40 $1,162.56 – $1,209.06

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