Appendectomy 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

$2,756.00

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.

$4,240.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $22,063.69 with MMO — 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3.19 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $352.33 ↓ -87%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $382.00 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $389.41 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $389.41 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $398.40 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $407.96 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $407.96 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $445.61 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $520.98 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $530.55 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $582.27 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $594.15 ↓ -78%
Valor All Products $594.15 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $594.15 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $594.15 ↓ -78%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $594.15 ↓ -78%
United Medicare Advantage $594.15 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $594.15 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $594.15 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $594.15 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $611.97 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $612.92 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $623.86 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $641.68 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $653.57 ↓ -76%
Humana Military All Products $782.06 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Products Transplant $787.50 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $868.42 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $868.42 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $1,077.38 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $1,164.55 ↓ -58%
Summacare Preferred $1,416.59 ↓ -49%
Summacare Premier $1,543.72 ↓ -44%
Aetna Acop $1,610.31 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $1,649.36 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $1,696.00 ↓ -38%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,759.32 ↓ -36%
MMO Medicare HMO $1,838.14 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,857.12 ↓ -33%
MMO Medicare PPO $1,893.28 ↓ -31%
United HMO & PPO $1,896.20 ↓ -31%
United All Products $1,896.20 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $1,908.00 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,988.56 ↓ -28%
OMAS All Products $2,120.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,205.62 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,205.62 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,205.62 ↓ -20%
The Health Plan All Products $2,332.00 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart All Products $2,332.00 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,471.92 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $2,544.00 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $2,544.00 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $2,573.68 ↓ -7%
Clarity Health All Products $2,756.00 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers All Products $2,756.00 ↑ +0%
GMS All Products $2,968.00 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners All Products $2,968.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,180.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $3,180.00 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $3,392.00 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,392.00 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $3,392.00 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,466.13 ↑ +26%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,648.56 ↑ +32%
Multiplan All Products $3,816.00 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $3,816.00 ↑ +38%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,830.99 ↑ +39%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,830.99 ↑ +39%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,903.96 ↑ +42%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,013.42 ↑ +46%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,240.00 ↑ +54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $5,784.50 ↑ +110%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $5,784.50 ↑ +110%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,784.50 ↑ +110%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,784.50 ↑ +110%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,784.50 ↑ +110%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $5,958.03 ↑ +116%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $6,124.73 ↑ +122%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,247.26 ↑ +127%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,308.48 ↑ +129%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,430.97 ↑ +133%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,563.55 ↑ +138%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,614.71 ↑ +140%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,737.21 ↑ +144%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $19,751.04 ↑ +617%
MMO SuperMed $22,063.69 ↑ +701%
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —

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