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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH · · · NPI 1043397292

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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.

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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.

$2,693.60 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) vs $6,097.20 with CareSource — 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
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $2,693.60
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Anthem Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Cigna Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Molina Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $3,387.33
Paramount Medicare Advantage $3,488.95
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $3,556.70
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $3,556.70
Ambetter Commercial $6,097.20
CareSource Marketplace $6,097.20

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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,069.60 $1.10 – $3,387.33
avon hospital Avon $10,552.10 $989.15 – $14,610.60
euclid hospital Euclid $10,552.10 $989.15 – $14,610.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $10,552.10 $844.91 – $14,610.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $10,552.10 $844.91 – $14,610.60
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $10,552.10 $989.15 – $14,610.60
medina hospital Medina $10,552.10 $591.00 – $14,610.60
mercy hospital Canton $10,552.10 $1.10 – $14,610.60

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