Create eardrum opening 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

$3,851.25

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.

$5,925.00

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 $7,813.00 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 International $0.01 ↓ -100%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3.19 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $97.40 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $104.49 ↓ -97%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $107.90 ↓ -97%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $116.99 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $119.26 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $119.26 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $124.94 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $124.94 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $127.37 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $132.50 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $139.32 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $139.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $139.32 ↓ -96%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $139.32 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $139.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $139.32 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $139.32 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $139.32 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $139.32 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $142.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $143.50 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $146.29 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $149.85 ↓ -96%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $150.47 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $153.25 ↓ -96%
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant $178.34 ↓ -95%
Humana Military All Products $195.14 ↓ -95%
AETNA All Products Transplant $197.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna All Products Transplant $197.06 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $211.85 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $211.85 ↓ -94%
Oscar All Products $224.62 ↓ -94%
CC EHP All Products $284.72 ↓ -93%
Summacare Preferred $338.39 ↓ -91%
OHCP All Products $343.88 ↓ -91%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $353.60 ↓ -91%
Summacare Premier $368.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna Acop $384.66 ↓ -90%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $387.19 ↓ -90%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $397.80 ↓ -90%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $414.60 ↓ -89%
MMO Medicare HMO $420.30 ↓ -89%
United All Products - Mid-Level $431.26 ↓ -89%
MMO Medicare PPO $432.91 ↓ -89%
OMAS All Products $442.00 ↓ -89%
United All Products $464.81 ↓ -88%
United HMO & PPO $464.81 ↓ -88%
Healthsmart All Products $486.20 ↓ -87%
The Health Plan All Products $486.20 ↓ -87%
Optum All Products Transplant $515.37 ↓ -87%
UPMC All Products $530.40 ↓ -86%
PHPHI All Products $530.40 ↓ -86%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $536.59 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $538.03 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician $538.03 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $538.03 ↓ -86%
Three Rivers All Products $574.60 ↓ -85%
Clarity Health All Products $574.60 ↓ -85%
Quality Care Partners All Products $618.80 ↓ -84%
GMS All Products $618.80 ↓ -84%
Aetna All Products First Health $663.00 ↓ -83%
Consociate Health All Products $663.00 ↓ -83%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $707.20 ↓ -82%
MMO NASCO $707.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna Asa $707.20 ↓ -82%
USA Managed Care All Products $795.60 ↓ -79%
Multiplan All Products $795.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $884.00 ↓ -77%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $939.63 ↓ -76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $989.08 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,038.53 ↓ -73%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,038.53 ↓ -73%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,058.32 ↓ -73%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,087.99 ↓ -72%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,323.06 ↓ -66%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,373.21 ↓ -64%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,373.21 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $1,373.21 ↓ -64%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,373.21 ↓ -64%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,373.21 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $1,414.40 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,467.92 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,483.06 ↓ -61%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,511.96 ↓ -61%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,541.31 ↓ -60%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,585.35 ↓ -59%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,614.71 ↓ -58%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,647.15 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,675.59 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,896.00 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,896.00 ↓ -51%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,666.25 ↓ -31%
Summacare PREMIER $2,701.80 ↓ -30%
ANTHEM HPN $2,728.46 ↓ -29%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,879.55 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,962.50 ↓ -23%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $3,199.50 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,210.17 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $3,258.75 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $3,353.55 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $3,555.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $3,555.00 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Commercial CRS Care Solutions $3,572.78 ↓ -7%
OPTUM Commercial CHD Care Solutions $3,572.78 ↓ -7%
AETNA Acop $3,709.05 ↓ -4%
MMO TRADITIONAL $3,726.83 ↓ -3%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,851.25 ↑ +0%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $3,851.25 ↑ +0%
Ohio Healthy Transplant SMCP $4,147.50 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners Transplant SMCP $4,147.50 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $4,147.50 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $4,147.50 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $4,147.50 ↑ +8%
Parkview Health Plan Transplant SMCP $4,147.50 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $4,200.83 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,396.35 ↑ +14%
Consociate Health TRANSPLANT $4,443.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $4,443.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $4,443.75 ↑ +15%
MMO SuperMed $4,447.63 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $4,557.51 ↑ +18%
Community Health Alliance ALL PRODUCTS $4,740.00 ↑ +23%
Community Health Alliance TRANSPLANT $4,740.00 ↑ +23%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $5,036.25 ↑ +31%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $5,332.50 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $5,332.50 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $5,332.50 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $5,332.50 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,332.50 ↑ +38%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $5,597.00 ↑ +45%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $5,925.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA International $7,431.00 ↑ +93%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,813.00 ↑ +103%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Kaiser Transplant ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
CIGNA Indemnity Lifesource not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO Lifesource not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS 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 —
CIGNA PPO Lifesource not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
fairview hospital Cleveland $3,851.25 $0.01 – $5,332.50
lutheran hospital Cleveland $3,851.25 $0.01 – $5,332.50
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