Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1043397292
$2,005.50
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.
$2,674.00
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.
$165.94 with Humana vs $2,406.60 with Ohio Health Choice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $165.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $170.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $174.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $174.24 | ↓ -91% |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $298.70 | ↓ -85% |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $298.70 | ↓ -85% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $520.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $583.61 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OPN Commercial | $583.61 | ↓ -71% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $600.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $600.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $600.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $721.98 | ↓ -64% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $900.00 | ↓ -55% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $1,009.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | $1,100.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $1,184.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $1,316.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $1,337.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Sunrise Plain Communities | Fund | $1,337.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Anthem | Tiered/Pathway Commercial | $1,411.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $1,448.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $1,484.07 | ↓ -26% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $1,497.44 | ↓ -25% |
| Enterprise Group Planning | Commercial | $1,497.44 | ↓ -25% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $1,529.53 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Ohio Network | Commercial | $1,550.92 | ↓ -23% |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $1,580.33 | ↓ -21% |
| Immergrun | Fund | $1,604.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Anthem | Pathway Commercial | $1,631.00 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $1,639.16 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | CSN Commercial | $1,692.64 | ↓ -16% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $1,738.10 | ↓ -13% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $1,738.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $1,738.10 | ↓ -13% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $1,818.32 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,863.78 | ↓ -7% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | Commercial | $1,871.80 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | NAP Commercial | $2,096.42 | ↑ +5% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $2,139.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $2,139.20 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,219.42 | ↑ +11% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $2,272.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $2,299.64 | ↑ +15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $2,406.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $2,406.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $2,406.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $1,740.00 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $1,740.00 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $1,740.00 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $1,034.40 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $1,740.00 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $2,158.20 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $1,246.77 | $735.00 – $1,902.67 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,161.55 | $1.10 – $1,105.20 |