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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$1,848.60

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.

$2,844.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $4,392.00 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
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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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
UNITED All Products International $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3.19 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $49.14 ↓ -97%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $53.28 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $53.94 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $54.32 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $54.32 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $56.90 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $56.90 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $58.85 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $70.53 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $78.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $78.47 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $78.47 ↓ -96%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $78.47 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $78.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $78.47 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $78.47 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $78.47 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $78.47 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $78.83 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $80.82 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $82.39 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $82.98 ↓ -96%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $84.75 ↓ -95%
PPHP All Products $86.32 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant $106.42 ↓ -94%
Humana Military All Products $112.61 ↓ -94%
AETNA All Products Transplant $113.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna All Products Transplant $113.99 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $118.08 ↓ -94%
CC EHP All Products $157.66 ↓ -91%
Summacare Preferred $185.21 ↓ -90%
United Managed Medicaid $187.69 ↓ -90%
Summacare Premier $201.83 ↓ -89%
Oscar All Products $203.53 ↓ -89%
Aetna Acop $210.54 ↓ -89%
MMO Medicare HMO $256.30 ↓ -86%
MMO Medicare PPO $263.99 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $299.92 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Physician $299.92 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $304.34 ↓ -84%
OHCP All Products $311.59 ↓ -83%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $320.40 ↓ -83%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $350.84 ↓ -81%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $360.45 ↓ -81%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $375.67 ↓ -80%
OMAS All Products $400.50 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $440.55 ↓ -76%
Healthsmart All Products $440.55 ↓ -76%
Optum All Products Transplant $466.98 ↓ -75%
PHPHI All Products $480.60 ↓ -74%
UPMC All Products $480.60 ↓ -74%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $486.21 ↓ -74%
Three Rivers All Products $520.65 ↓ -72%
Clarity Health All Products $520.65 ↓ -72%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $545.00 ↓ -71%
Quality Care Partners All Products $560.70 ↓ -70%
GMS All Products $560.70 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $573.15 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $573.15 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $573.15 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $573.15 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $573.15 ↓ -69%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $584.34 ↓ -68%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $590.35 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $593.48 ↓ -68%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $593.48 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -68%
Aetna All Products First Health $600.75 ↓ -68%
Consociate Health All Products $600.75 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $611.28 ↓ -67%
United All Products - Mid-Level $613.13 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $619.00 ↓ -67%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $623.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna Asa $640.80 ↓ -65%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $640.80 ↓ -65%
MMO NASCO $640.80 ↓ -65%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $640.96 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $652.82 ↓ -65%
United All Products $660.84 ↓ -64%
United HMO & PPO $660.84 ↓ -64%
Cigna All Products Physician $687.03 ↓ -63%
USA Managed Care All Products $720.90 ↓ -61%
Multiplan All Products $720.90 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $760.55 ↓ -59%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $772.96 ↓ -58%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $790.63 ↓ -57%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $800.58 ↓ -57%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $801.00 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $804.28 ↓ -56%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $840.61 ↓ -55%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $840.61 ↓ -55%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $856.62 ↓ -54%
United BH Managed Medicaid $880.64 ↓ -52%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $910.08 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $910.08 ↓ -51%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,279.80 ↓ -31%
Summacare PREMIER $1,296.86 ↓ -30%
ANTHEM HPN $1,309.66 ↓ -29%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,382.18 ↓ -25%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,393.56 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,422.00 ↓ -23%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,535.76 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,540.88 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $1,564.20 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,609.70 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.40 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,714.93 ↓ -7%
OPTUM Commercial CHD Care Solutions $1,714.93 ↓ -7%
AETNA Acop $1,780.34 ↓ -4%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,788.88 ↓ -3%
MMO SuperMed $1,833.54 ↓ -1%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $1,848.60 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,848.60 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
Ohio Healthy Transplant SMCP $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
Parkview Health Plan Transplant SMCP $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners Transplant SMCP $1,990.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,016.40 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $2,110.25 ↑ +14%
Consociate Health TRANSPLANT $2,133.00 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $2,133.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $2,133.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,133.00 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,187.60 ↑ +18%
Community Health Alliance ALL PRODUCTS $2,275.20 ↑ +23%
Community Health Alliance TRANSPLANT $2,275.20 ↑ +23%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,559.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,844.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA International $3,443.00 ↑ +86%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,392.00 ↑ +138%
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital
CIGNA Indemnity Lifesource not published by hospital
CIGNA PPO Lifesource not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital
CIGNA HMO Lifesource not published by hospital
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
Kaiser Transplant ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,057.07 – $1,223.98
akron general Akron $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
avon hospital Avon $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
euclid hospital Euclid $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $1,848.60 $0.01 – $2,559.60
lodi hospital Lodi $1,848.60 $618.26 – $2,559.60

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