Sigmoidoscopy and biopsy 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

$2,026.50

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.

$2,702.00

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.

$729.54 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $2,431.80 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $729.54 ↓ -64%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $879.81 ↓ -57%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $906.21 ↓ -55%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $923.80 ↓ -54%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $923.80 ↓ -54%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,351.00 ↓ -33%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $1,391.53 ↓ -31%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $1,426.66 ↓ -30%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $1,426.66 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,426.66 ↓ -30%
CareSource Marketplace $1,459.08 ↓ -28%
JP Farley Commercial $1,467.19 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,499.61 ↓ -26%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $1,513.12 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Commercial $1,513.12 ↓ -25%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $1,545.54 ↓ -24%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $1,567.16 ↓ -23%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $1,596.88 ↓ -21%
Aetna OPN Commercial $1,613.09 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,621.20 ↓ -20%
Immergrun Fund $1,621.20 ↓ -20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $1,699.56 ↓ -16%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $1,699.56 ↓ -16%
AultCare Commercial $1,702.26 ↓ -16%
Cigna CSN Commercial $1,710.37 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,756.30 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,756.30 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,756.30 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $1,791.43 ↓ -12%
Cigna OAP Commercial $1,802.23 ↓ -11%
SummaCare Commercial $1,837.36 ↓ -9%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,891.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna NAP Commercial $2,118.37 ↑ +5%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,161.60 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $2,161.60 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $2,242.66 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,296.70 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,323.72 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,431.80 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,431.80 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,431.80 ↑ +20%
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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Sigmoidoscopy and biopsy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $5,823.66 $1,870.01 – $1,907.41
Clermont Hospital Batavia $4,615.92 $906.26 – $924.39
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $7,714.99 $906.26 – $924.39
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $9,697.20 $922.00 – $940.44
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,726.10 $1.10 – $3,774.60
akron general Akron $326.30 $1.10 – $909.79
mercy hospital Canton $326.30 $1.10 – $906.21
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $1,942.50 $572.39 – $2,331.00

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