Establish brain cavity shunt 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

$3,666.00

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.

$5,640.00

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 $6,203.10 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 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $611.21 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $710.11 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $738.65 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $799.28 ↓ -78%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $800.86 ↓ -78%
United Managed Medicaid $814.94 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $816.41 ↓ -78%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $816.41 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $855.28 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $855.28 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $893.31 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $940.33 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $946.81 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $946.81 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $946.81 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $946.81 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $946.81 ↓ -74%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $946.81 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $946.81 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $946.81 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $946.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $975.21 ↓ -73%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $994.15 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $1,015.56 ↓ -72%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,022.55 ↓ -72%
Humana Military All Products $1,221.48 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Products Transplant $1,242.79 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,323.48 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,323.48 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $1,433.12 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $1,786.63 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $2,193.96 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $2,256.00 ↓ -38%
Summacare Preferred $2,268.09 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,470.32 ↓ -33%
Summacare Premier $2,471.64 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $2,538.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Acop $2,578.26 ↓ -30%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,601.27 ↓ -29%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $2,645.16 ↓ -28%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,704.27 ↓ -26%
OMAS All Products $2,820.00 ↓ -23%
MMO SuperMed $2,904.89 ↓ -21%
United HMO & PPO $2,914.66 ↓ -20%
United All Products $2,914.66 ↓ -20%
MMO Medicare HMO $3,100.80 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $3,102.00 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart All Products $3,102.00 ↓ -15%
MMO Medicare PPO $3,193.82 ↓ -13%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,288.12 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,361.34 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,361.34 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,361.34 ↓ -8%
UPMC All Products $3,384.00 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $3,384.00 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $3,423.48 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $3,666.00 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $3,666.00 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $3,948.00 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $3,948.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $4,230.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,230.00 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $4,512.00 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $4,512.00 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $4,512.00 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $5,076.00 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $5,076.00 ↑ +38%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $5,357.22 ↑ +46%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $5,639.18 ↑ +54%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $5,640.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $5,921.14 ↑ +62%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $5,921.14 ↑ +62%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $6,033.92 ↑ +65%
United BH Managed Medicaid $6,203.10 ↑ +69%
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital

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