Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) 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

$2,457.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,780.00

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 $25,635.00 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

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 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $373.93 ↓ -85%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $382.00 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $389.41 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $389.41 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $407.96 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $407.96 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $423.74 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $488.99 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $499.68 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $546.52 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $564.99 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $564.99 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $564.99 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $564.99 ↓ -77%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $564.99 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $564.99 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $564.99 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $564.99 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $564.99 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $575.28 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $581.94 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $593.24 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $610.19 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $621.30 ↓ -75%
Humana Military All Products $731.08 ↓ -70%
Aetna All Products Transplant $735.69 ↓ -70%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $813.60 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $813.60 ↓ -67%
Oscar All Products $960.50 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $1,093.03 ↓ -56%
Summacare Preferred $1,352.54 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $1,470.42 ↓ -40%
Summacare Premier $1,473.93 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $1,512.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna Acop $1,537.51 ↓ -37%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,649.85 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,655.64 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $1,701.00 ↓ -31%
MMO Medicare HMO $1,715.03 ↓ -30%
MMO Medicare PPO $1,766.48 ↓ -28%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,772.82 ↓ -28%
United All Products $1,778.21 ↓ -28%
United HMO & PPO $1,778.21 ↓ -28%
OMAS All Products $1,890.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,066.37 ↓ -16%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,066.37 ↓ -16%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,066.37 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan All Products $2,079.00 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart All Products $2,079.00 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,203.74 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $2,268.00 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $2,268.00 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $2,294.46 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $2,457.00 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $2,457.00 ↑ +0%
GMS All Products $2,646.00 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners All Products $2,646.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,835.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,835.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,024.00 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $3,024.00 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $3,024.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $3,402.00 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $3,402.00 ↑ +38%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,466.13 ↑ +41%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,648.56 ↑ +48%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,780.00 ↑ +54%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,830.99 ↑ +56%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,830.99 ↑ +56%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,903.96 ↑ +59%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,013.42 ↑ +63%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,005.78 ↑ +104%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,408.69 ↑ +120%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,408.69 ↑ +120%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,408.69 ↑ +120%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $5,408.69 ↑ +120%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $5,408.69 ↑ +120%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $5,570.95 ↑ +127%
AETNA Acop $5,616.00 ↑ +129%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +133%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,841.38 ↑ +138%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,891.12 ↑ +140%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,005.51 ↑ +144%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,177.10 ↑ +151%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,291.49 ↑ +156%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $7,948.00 ↑ +223%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $9,457.00 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $11,441.00 ↑ +366%
MMO SuperMed $16,829.38 ↑ +585%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $25,635.00 ↑ +943%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —

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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
fairview hospital Cleveland $17,444.70 $965.62 – $24,154.20
lutheran hospital Cleveland $17,444.70 $1,130.46 – $24,154.20
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $4,817.50 – $5,578.16
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $22,686.91 $5,891.49 – $6,009.32
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $49,830.77 $5,891.49 – $6,009.32
Clermont Hospital Batavia $18,920.90 $5,891.49 – $6,009.32
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $15,370.24 $5,891.49 – $5,891.49
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $17,820.94 $5,993.77 – $6,113.65

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