Esophageal lengthening add on code 43338 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

$574.60

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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.

$884.00

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 $5,526.65 with United BH — 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 ↓ -99%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $67.71 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $70.07 ↓ -88%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $73.41 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $74.83 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $74.83 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $77.24 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $78.40 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $78.40 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $91.63 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $92.06 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $102.41 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $102.98 ↓ -82%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $102.98 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $102.98 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $102.98 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $102.98 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $102.98 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $102.98 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $102.98 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $102.98 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $106.07 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $107.80 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $108.13 ↓ -81%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $111.22 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $113.28 ↓ -80%
Humana Military All Products $139.25 ↓ -76%
Aetna All Products Transplant $140.61 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $154.40 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $154.40 ↓ -73%
CC EHP All Products $204.82 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $224.62 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $242.21 ↓ -58%
Summacare Premier $263.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna Acop $275.34 ↓ -52%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $298.19 ↓ -48%
United All Products - Mid-Level $309.99 ↓ -46%
MMO SuperMed $333.65 ↓ -42%
United HMO & PPO $334.10 ↓ -42%
United All Products $334.10 ↓ -42%
MMO Medicare HMO $335.71 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $343.88 ↓ -40%
MMO Medicare PPO $345.78 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $353.60 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $387.19 ↓ -33%
Anthem All Products Physician $392.16 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $392.16 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $392.16 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $397.80 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $414.60 ↓ -28%
OMAS All Products $442.00 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart All Products $486.20 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $486.20 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $515.37 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $530.40 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $530.40 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $536.59 ↓ -7%
Clarity Health All Products $574.60 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers All Products $574.60 ↑ +0%
GMS All Products $618.80 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners All Products $618.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $663.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $663.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $707.20 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $707.20 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $707.20 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $795.60 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $795.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $884.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,773.02 ↑ +731%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $5,024.23 ↑ +774%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $5,275.44 ↑ +818%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $5,275.44 ↑ +818%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $5,375.93 ↑ +836%
United BH Managed Medicaid $5,526.65 ↑ +862%
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —

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Esophageal lengthening add on code 43338 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $6,633.90 – $7,681.36
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $3,910.89 – $4,528.40
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,723.30 – $4,311.19
akron general Akron not published $3,788.70 – $4,386.91
avon hospital Avon not published $4,063.30 – $4,140.70
euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,162.96 – $4,820.27
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,074.53 – $4,717.88
lodi hospital Lodi not published $6,356.66 – $7,360.34

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