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Decompressive craniotomy 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

$8,907.60

Cash price

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$13,704.00

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 $13,704.00 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 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3.19 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,216.84 ↓ -86%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $1,319.31 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,344.92 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,344.92 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,408.97 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,408.97 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,493.28 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,692.04 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,952.75 ↓ -78%
United Managed Medicaid $1,987.24 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $2,182.48 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2,256.05 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,297.35 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $2,323.73 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $2,368.85 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $2,436.53 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $2,481.14 ↓ -72%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,698.82 ↓ -70%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,840.86 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,982.90 ↓ -67%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,982.90 ↓ -67%
Humana Military All Products $3,035.81 ↓ -66%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,039.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna All Products Transplant $3,094.97 ↓ -65%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,124.95 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $3,255.08 ↓ -63%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $3,255.08 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $3,482.19 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $4,364.97 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $5,330.86 ↓ -40%
Summacare Preferred $5,388.36 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $5,481.60 ↓ -38%
Summacare Premier $5,871.94 ↓ -34%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $6,002.35 ↓ -33%
Aetna Acop $6,125.24 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $6,166.80 ↓ -31%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $6,357.40 ↓ -29%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $6,427.18 ↓ -28%
MMO Medicare HMO $6,607.48 ↓ -26%
United All Products - Mid-Level $6,609.11 ↓ -26%
MMO Medicare PPO $6,805.70 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $6,852.00 ↓ -23%
MMO SuperMed $7,101.52 ↓ -20%
United All Products $7,123.30 ↓ -20%
United HMO & PPO $7,123.30 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart All Products $7,537.20 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $7,537.20 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $7,989.43 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $8,222.40 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $8,222.40 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $8,267.22 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician $8,267.22 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $8,267.22 ↓ -7%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $8,318.33 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $8,907.60 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $8,907.60 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $9,592.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $9,592.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $10,278.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $10,278.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $10,963.20 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $10,963.20 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $10,963.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $12,333.60 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $12,333.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $13,704.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital

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