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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation

2801 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1033161948

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

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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.

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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.

$491.11 with OPTUM vs $568.66 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $491.11
Paramount Managed Medicaid $532.47
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $542.81
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $542.81
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $553.15
UNITED Managed Medicaid $553.15
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $568.66

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,466.75 $1.10 – $2,837.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $2,049.45 $289.52 – $2,837.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $2,049.45 $275.64 – $2,837.70
akron general Akron $2,466.75 $1.10 – $2,837.70
avon hospital Avon $2,049.45 $300.80 – $2,837.70
euclid hospital Euclid $2,049.45 $308.19 – $2,837.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $2,049.45 $301.64 – $2,837.70
lodi hospital Lodi $2,049.45 $470.59 – $2,837.70

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →