Blood smear interpretation 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

$128.70

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.

$198.00

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 $198.00 with Aetna — 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 ↓ -99%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $2.66 ↓ -98%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $8.48 ↓ -93%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $8.93 ↓ -93%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $9.20 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -93%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -93%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $9.56 ↓ -93%
United BH Managed Medicaid $9.82 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $14.12 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $14.33 ↓ -89%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $17.36 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $18.73 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $18.82 ↓ -85%
Valor All Products $18.82 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $18.82 ↓ -85%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -85%
United Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -85%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $18.82 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $19.38 ↓ -85%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $19.76 ↓ -85%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $20.33 ↓ -84%
PPHP All Products $20.70 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $20.94 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $22.04 ↓ -83%
United All Products $29.71 ↓ -77%
United HMO & PPO $29.71 ↓ -77%
Humana Military All Products $30.10 ↓ -77%
Aetna All Products Transplant $30.47 ↓ -76%
United All Products - Mid-Level $31.46 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $31.96 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $31.96 ↓ -75%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $37.16 ↓ -71%
CC EHP All Products $41.88 ↓ -67%
Aetna Acop $42.27 ↓ -67%
Summacare Preferred $44.55 ↓ -65%
Summacare Premier $48.55 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $50.31 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO $52.90 ↓ -59%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $53.40 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare PPO $54.49 ↓ -58%
UNITED All Products International $55.74 ↓ -57%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $56.89 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $56.89 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Physician $56.89 ↓ -56%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $61.13 ↓ -53%
MMO SuperMed $67.34 ↓ -48%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $74.75 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM HPN $74.75 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $77.02 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $79.20 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $86.72 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $89.10 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $92.86 ↓ -28%
OMAS All Products $99.00 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart All Products $108.90 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $108.90 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $115.43 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $118.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC All Products $118.80 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $120.19 ↓ -7%
Clarity Health All Products $128.70 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers All Products $128.70 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $138.60 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $138.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $148.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $148.50 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $158.40 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $158.40 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $158.40 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $178.20 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $178.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $198.00 ↑ +54%
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —

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