Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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

$20.34

Cash price

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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.

$27.12

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.

$4.09 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $15.53 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.

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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 MedFlex Commercial $4.09 ↓ -80%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $4.54 ↓ -78%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $4.66 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $5.00 ↓ -75%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $6.90 ↓ -66%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $8.63 ↓ -58%
Immergrun Commercial $8.63 ↓ -58%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $8.63 ↓ -58%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $8.63 ↓ -58%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $8.63 ↓ -58%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $8.63 ↓ -58%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $9.11 ↓ -55%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $9.11 ↓ -55%
CareSource Marketplace $9.32 ↓ -54%
JP Farley Commercial $9.37 ↓ -54%
AultCare Commercial $9.49 ↓ -53%
Cigna PPO Commercial $9.58 ↓ -53%
Ambetter Commercial $9.67 ↓ -52%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $9.67 ↓ -52%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $9.87 ↓ -51%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $10.01 ↓ -51%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $10.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna OPN Commercial $10.30 ↓ -49%
Immergrun Fund $10.36 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10.58 ↓ -48%
Cigna CSN Commercial $10.93 ↓ -46%
HealthSmart Commercial $11.22 ↓ -45%
The Health Plan Commercial $11.22 ↓ -45%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $11.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial $11.44 ↓ -44%
Cigna OAP Commercial $11.67 ↓ -43%
SummaCare Commercial $11.74 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.03 ↓ -41%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $12.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna NAP Commercial $13.53 ↓ -33%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $13.81 ↓ -32%
Beech Street Commercial $13.81 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial $14.33 ↓ -30%
Century Health Network Commercial $14.67 ↓ -28%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $14.84 ↓ -27%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $15.53 ↓ -24%
MultiPlan Commercial $15.53 ↓ -24%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $15.53 ↓ -24%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Paramount Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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