Biopsy knee joint lining 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

$1,328.60

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.

$2,044.00

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 $9,440.12 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $263.34 ↓ -80%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $295.43 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $297.56 ↓ -78%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $320.31 ↓ -76%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $326.53 ↓ -75%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $326.53 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $342.08 ↓ -74%
Molina Managed Medicaid $342.08 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $344.37 ↓ -74%
United Managed Medicaid $358.16 ↓ -73%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $384.88 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $396.75 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $396.75 ↓ -70%
Valor All Products $396.75 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $396.75 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $396.75 ↓ -70%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $396.75 ↓ -70%
United Medicare Advantage $396.75 ↓ -70%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $396.75 ↓ -70%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $396.75 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $405.14 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $408.65 ↓ -69%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $416.59 ↓ -69%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $428.49 ↓ -68%
PPHP All Products $436.43 ↓ -67%
Oscar All Products $519.38 ↓ -61%
Humana Military All Products $523.72 ↓ -61%
Aetna All Products Transplant $524.13 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $566.90 ↓ -57%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $566.90 ↓ -57%
CC EHP All Products $769.77 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $795.12 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $817.60 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $895.27 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $919.80 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $958.64 ↓ -28%
Summacare Preferred $965.86 ↓ -27%
OMAS All Products $1,022.00 ↓ -23%
Summacare Premier $1,052.54 ↓ -21%
Aetna Acop $1,097.94 ↓ -17%
The Health Plan All Products $1,124.20 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart All Products $1,124.20 ↓ -15%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,159.22 ↓ -13%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,191.65 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $1,226.40 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $1,226.40 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $1,240.71 ↓ -7%
United All Products $1,249.40 ↓ -6%
United HMO & PPO $1,249.40 ↓ -6%
Three Rivers All Products $1,328.60 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $1,328.60 ↑ +0%
MMO Medicare HMO $1,339.12 ↑ +1%
MMO Medicare PPO $1,379.29 ↑ +4%
Quality Care Partners All Products $1,430.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,430.80 ↑ +8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,439.81 ↑ +8%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,439.81 ↑ +8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,439.81 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,533.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,533.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,635.20 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,635.20 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $1,635.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,839.60 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $1,839.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,044.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,483.09 ↑ +87%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,613.78 ↑ +97%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,744.47 ↑ +107%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,744.47 ↑ +107%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,796.74 ↑ +111%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,808.13 ↑ +111%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,875.16 ↑ +116%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $3,007.88 ↑ +126%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,007.88 ↑ +126%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $3,007.88 ↑ +126%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,007.88 ↑ +126%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,007.88 ↑ +126%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +133%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $3,098.12 ↑ +133%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +140%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,248.51 ↑ +145%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,250.34 ↑ +145%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +152%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,405.12 ↑ +156%
MMO SuperMed $9,440.12 ↑ +611%
United BH All Products RN 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 —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —

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