Brief chkin by md/qhp, 11-20 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

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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.

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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.

$10.74 with OPTUM vs $64.80 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $10.74
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $11.30
Paramount Managed Medicaid $11.64
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $11.87
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $11.87
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $11.87
UNITED Managed Medicaid $12.09
United BH Managed Medicaid $12.43
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $30.41
AETNA International $30.41
AETNA Acop $30.41
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant $30.41
AETNA NAP $30.41
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.41
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $30.41
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $30.41
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.41
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.41
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.41
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $30.41
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.41
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.32
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.93
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $32.53
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $32.53
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $32.53
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $32.53
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.53
AETNA All Products Transplant $32.57
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.57
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $32.84
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $33.45
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $33.45
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $33.51
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.13
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $64.80

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Brief chkin by md/qhp, 11-20 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $14.92 – $30.41
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $8.80 – $33.45
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $8.37 – $33.45
akron general Akron not published $8.52 – $33.67
avon hospital Avon not published $9.14 – $33.45
euclid hospital Euclid not published $9.36 – $33.45
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $9.16 – $33.45
lodi hospital Lodi not published $14.30 – $30.41

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