Excision of tonsil tags 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

$598.00

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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.

$920.00

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 $9,391.15 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3.19 ↓ -99%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $117.33 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $119.33 ↓ -80%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $127.21 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $129.38 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $129.68 ↓ -78%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $129.68 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $135.85 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $135.85 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $156.05 ↓ -74%
United Managed Medicaid $162.82 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $172.51 ↓ -71%
Valor All Products $172.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $172.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $172.51 ↓ -71%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $172.51 ↓ -71%
United Medicare Advantage $172.51 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $172.51 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $172.51 ↓ -71%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $172.51 ↓ -71%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $174.41 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $177.69 ↓ -70%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $181.14 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $183.59 ↓ -69%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $186.31 ↓ -69%
PPHP All Products $189.76 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $233.77 ↓ -61%
Humana Military All Products $242.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna All Products Transplant $243.67 ↓ -59%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $258.08 ↓ -57%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $258.08 ↓ -57%
CC EHP All Products $348.82 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $357.88 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $368.00 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $402.96 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $414.00 ↓ -31%
Summacare Preferred $420.43 ↓ -30%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $431.48 ↓ -28%
Summacare Premier $458.16 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $460.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Acop $477.92 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart All Products $506.00 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $506.00 ↓ -15%
MMO Medicare HMO $522.23 ↓ -13%
United All Products - Mid-Level $526.83 ↓ -12%
Optum All Products Transplant $536.36 ↓ -10%
MMO Medicare PPO $537.90 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $552.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC All Products $552.00 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $558.44 ↓ -7%
United All Products $567.82 ↓ -5%
United HMO & PPO $567.82 ↓ -5%
Three Rivers All Products $598.00 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $598.00 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $644.00 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $644.00 ↑ +8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $655.45 ↑ +10%
Anthem All Products Physician $655.45 ↑ +10%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $655.45 ↑ +10%
Consociate Health All Products $690.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $690.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $736.00 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $736.00 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $736.00 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $828.00 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $828.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $920.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,434.54 ↑ +140%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,510.04 ↑ +153%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,585.54 ↑ +165%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,585.54 ↑ +165%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,615.74 ↑ +170%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,661.04 ↑ +178%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,793.19 ↑ +367%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $3,006.46 ↑ +403%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,006.46 ↑ +403%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,006.46 ↑ +403%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $3,006.46 ↑ +403%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,006.46 ↑ +403%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $3,096.65 ↑ +418%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +425%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,230.78 ↑ +440%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,246.97 ↑ +443%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,293.51 ↑ +451%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,387.61 ↑ +466%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,450.35 ↑ +477%
MMO SuperMed $9,391.15 ↑ +1470%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA 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 MD not published by hospital —

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