Str markers specimen anal 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

$1,660.50

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.

$2,214.00

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.

$187.11 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $623.70 with MultiPlan — 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 $187.11 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $240.06 ↓ -86%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -85%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -85%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $300.00 ↓ -82%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $304.81 ↓ -82%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $304.81 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $304.81 ↓ -82%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Immergrun Commercial $346.50 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $356.90 ↓ -79%
CareSource Marketplace $374.22 ↓ -77%
JP Farley Commercial $376.30 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO Commercial $384.62 ↓ -77%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $388.08 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Commercial $388.08 ↓ -77%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $396.40 ↓ -76%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $401.94 ↓ -76%
Aetna OPN Commercial $413.72 ↓ -75%
Immergrun Fund $415.80 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $424.81 ↓ -74%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $435.90 ↓ -74%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $435.90 ↓ -74%
AultCare Commercial $436.59 ↓ -74%
Cigna CSN Commercial $438.67 ↓ -74%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $450.45 ↓ -73%
HealthSmart Commercial $450.45 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Commercial $450.45 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial $459.46 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP Commercial $462.23 ↓ -72%
SummaCare Commercial $471.24 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $483.02 ↓ -71%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $485.10 ↓ -71%
Aetna NAP Commercial $543.31 ↓ -67%
Beech Street Commercial $554.40 ↓ -67%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $554.40 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial $575.19 ↓ -65%
Century Health Network Commercial $589.05 ↓ -65%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $595.98 ↓ -64%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $623.70 ↓ -62%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $623.70 ↓ -62%
MultiPlan Commercial $623.70 ↓ -62%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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