Aminolevulinic acid, 10% gel at cleveland clinic main campus

9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1679525919

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 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.

$0.22 with ANTHEM vs $465.30 with United BH — 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 HPN $0.22
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1.64
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.70
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $1.72
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $1.72
OPTUM All Products VA $1.72
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1.72
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.72
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $1.77
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $1.78
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.78
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.78
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.78
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.78
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $1.78
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.78
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.83
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.86
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.87
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1.92
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1.96
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.96
Summacare Preferred $3.13
Summacare PREMIER $3.41
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $3.70
UNITED All Products International $3.70
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3.78
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $3.85
CIGNA PPO $3.85
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4.52
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $401.85
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $423.00
Paramount Managed Medicaid $435.69
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $444.15
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $444.15
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $444.15
UNITED Managed Medicaid $452.61
United BH Managed Medicaid $465.30

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Aminolevulinic acid, 10% gel at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood not published $1.77 – $3.19
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood not published $1.77 – $3.19
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut not published $1.85 – $6.32
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria not published $1.77 – $3.19
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon not published $1.77 – $3.19
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva not published $5.84 – $6.48
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road not published $1.77 – $3.19
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard not published $1.77 – $3.19

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