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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH · · · NPI 1043397292
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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.
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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.
$16,588.34 with Aetna vs $29,859.02 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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $16,588.34 | — |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $17,085.99 | — |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $17,417.76 | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $17,417.76 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $29,859.02 | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $29,859.02 | — |
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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $6,729.45 | $1.10 – $17,048.31 |
| akron general | Akron | $6,729.45 | $1.10 – $17,915.41 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $6,729.45 | $1.10 – $17,085.99 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $12,963.06 – $15,009.86 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $7,939.95 – $18,247.18 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $8,134.69 – $18,247.18 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $7,642.13 – $18,247.18 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $7,275.57 – $18,247.18 |