Very long chain fatty acids 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

$523.50

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.

$698.00

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.

$8.31 with Anthem vs $628.20 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 $8.31 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $8.31 ↓ -98%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $8.31 ↓ -98%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -96%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $20.34 ↓ -96%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $20.74 ↓ -96%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $20.74 ↓ -96%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $25.19 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Commercial $35.55 ↓ -93%
CareSource Marketplace $35.55 ↓ -93%
AultCare Commercial $39.50 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $99.99 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $99.99 ↓ -81%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $188.46 ↓ -64%
Immergrun Commercial $349.00 ↓ -33%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $349.00 ↓ -33%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $349.00 ↓ -33%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $349.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $349.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $349.00 ↓ -33%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $359.47 ↓ -31%
JP Farley Commercial $379.01 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO Commercial $387.39 ↓ -26%
Enterprise Group Planning Commercial $390.88 ↓ -25%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $399.26 ↓ -24%
Health Ohio Network Commercial $404.84 ↓ -23%
Aetna OPN Commercial $416.71 ↓ -20%
Immergrun Fund $418.80 ↓ -20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $439.04 ↓ -16%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $439.04 ↓ -16%
Cigna CSN Commercial $441.83 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Commercial $453.70 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $453.70 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $453.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $462.77 ↓ -12%
Cigna OAP Commercial $465.57 ↓ -11%
SummaCare Commercial $474.64 ↓ -9%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $488.60 ↓ -7%
Aetna NAP Commercial $547.23 ↑ +5%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $558.40 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $558.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $579.34 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $593.30 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $600.28 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $628.20 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $628.20 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $628.20 ↑ +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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