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Knee MRI (with contrast) at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH · · · NPI 1043397292
$2,701.50
Cash price 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.
$3,602.00
Gross charge 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.
$520.00 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) vs $3,241.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $520.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $600.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $600.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $600.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $741.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $763.90 | ↓ -72% |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $778.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $778.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $900.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $972.54 | ↓ -64% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $1,009.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OPN Commercial | $1,030.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,030.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | $1,100.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $1,184.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $1,316.00 | ↓ -51% |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $1,334.97 | ↓ -51% |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $1,334.97 | ↓ -51% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $1,448.00 | ↓ -46% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $1,594.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Anthem | Pathway Commercial | $1,631.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $1,801.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Sunrise Plain Communities | Fund | $1,801.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $1,812.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Anthem | Tiered/Pathway Commercial | $1,901.86 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $1,945.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $1,999.11 | ↓ -26% |
| Enterprise Group Planning | Commercial | $2,017.12 | ↓ -25% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $2,060.34 | ↓ -24% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $2,078.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Ohio Network | Commercial | $2,089.16 | ↓ -23% |
| Immergrun | Fund | $2,161.20 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,210.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | CSN Commercial | $2,280.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $2,341.30 | ↓ -13% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $2,341.30 | ↓ -13% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $2,341.30 | ↓ -13% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | Commercial | $2,521.40 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | NAP Commercial | $2,823.97 | ↑ +5% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $2,881.60 | ↑ +7% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $2,881.60 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,989.66 | ↑ +11% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $3,061.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $3,097.72 | ↑ +15% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $3,241.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $3,241.80 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $3,241.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $4,006.60 | $1.10 – $4,905.90 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $3,543.15 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |
| akron general | Akron | $3,543.15 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $3,543.15 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $3,543.15 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $3,543.15 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $3,543.15 | $0.87 – $4,905.90 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $3,543.15 | $514.18 – $4,905.90 |