Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$231.00

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.

$308.00

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.

$17.59 with Anthem vs $120.60 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
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $17.59 ↓ -92%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $17.59 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $17.59 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $23.01 ↓ -90%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -90%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -90%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $31.18 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $36.18 ↓ -84%
CareSource Marketplace $40.21 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial $40.21 ↓ -83%
AultCare Commercial $44.68 ↓ -81%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $67.00 ↓ -71%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $67.00 ↓ -71%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $67.00 ↓ -71%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $67.00 ↓ -71%
Immergrun Commercial $67.00 ↓ -71%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $67.00 ↓ -71%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $69.01 ↓ -70%
JP Farley Commercial $72.76 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO Commercial $74.37 ↓ -68%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $75.04 ↓ -68%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $76.65 ↓ -67%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $77.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna OPN Commercial $80.00 ↓ -65%
Immergrun Fund $80.40 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $82.14 ↓ -64%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $84.29 ↓ -64%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $84.29 ↓ -64%
Cigna CSN Commercial $84.82 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Commercial $87.10 ↓ -62%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $87.10 ↓ -62%
The Health Plan Commercial $87.10 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial $88.84 ↓ -62%
Cigna OAP Commercial $89.38 ↓ -61%
SummaCare Commercial $91.12 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Commercial $93.40 ↓ -60%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $93.80 ↓ -59%
Aetna NAP Commercial $105.06 ↓ -55%
Beech Street Commercial $107.20 ↓ -54%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $107.20 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial $111.22 ↓ -52%
Century Health Network Commercial $113.90 ↓ -51%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $115.24 ↓ -50%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $120.60 ↓ -48%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $120.60 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial $120.60 ↓ -48%
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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