Culture type pulse field gel 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.

$3.10 with ANTHEM vs $23.32 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
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3.10
ANTHEM HPN $3.10
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $7.74
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $7.74
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $7.74
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $7.74
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $7.74
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $7.97
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.97
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.13
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $8.36
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.36
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $8.51
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $8.51
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $11.61
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $16.64
UNITED All Products International $17.42
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $17.52
Paramount Managed Medicaid $18.05
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $18.40
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $18.40
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $18.40
UNITED Managed Medicaid $18.75
AETNA Acop $19.12
United BH Managed Medicaid $19.27
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $21.21
AETNA International $21.31
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $23.00
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $23.32

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Culture type pulse field gel at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $23.13 – $26.79
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $7.74 – $21.29
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $5.70 – $21.29
akron general Akron not published $7.74 – $23.00
avon hospital Avon not published $5.70 – $21.29
euclid hospital Euclid not published $5.70 – $21.29
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $7.74 – $21.29
lodi hospital Lodi not published $3.23 – $25.66

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