Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$101.25

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.

$135.00

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.

$2.17 with Anthem vs $72.00 with Fortified Provider Network — 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 Pathway Commercial $2.17 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $2.17 ↓ -98%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $2.17 ↓ -98%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $4.76 ↓ -95%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $4.90 ↓ -95%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.00 ↓ -95%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.00 ↓ -95%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $6.42 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Commercial $8.57 ↓ -92%
CareSource Marketplace $8.57 ↓ -92%
AultCare Commercial $9.52 ↓ -91%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $21.60 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $24.10 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.10 ↓ -76%
Immergrun Commercial $40.00 ↓ -60%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $40.00 ↓ -60%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $40.00 ↓ -60%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $40.00 ↓ -60%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $40.00 ↓ -60%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $40.00 ↓ -60%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $41.20 ↓ -59%
JP Farley Commercial $43.44 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO Commercial $44.40 ↓ -56%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $44.80 ↓ -56%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $45.76 ↓ -55%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $46.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna OPN Commercial $47.76 ↓ -53%
Immergrun Fund $48.00 ↓ -53%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $50.32 ↓ -50%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $50.32 ↓ -50%
Cigna CSN Commercial $50.64 ↓ -50%
The Health Plan Commercial $52.00 ↓ -49%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $52.00 ↓ -49%
HealthSmart Commercial $52.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $53.04 ↓ -48%
Cigna OAP Commercial $53.36 ↓ -47%
SummaCare Commercial $54.40 ↓ -46%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $56.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna NAP Commercial $62.72 ↓ -38%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $64.00 ↓ -37%
Beech Street Commercial $64.00 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial $66.40 ↓ -34%
Century Health Network Commercial $68.00 ↓ -33%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $68.80 ↓ -32%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $72.00 ↓ -29%
MultiPlan Commercial $72.00 ↓ -29%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $72.00 ↓ -29%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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