Incise skull for treatment 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

$6,029.40

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.

$9,276.00

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 $19,428.17 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 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,019.43 ↓ -83%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,091.89 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,163.02 ↓ -81%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $1,183.84 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,206.83 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,206.83 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,264.30 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,264.30 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $1,331.20 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,333.11 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,489.94 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,550.69 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,568.36 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,597.21 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,628.22 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,674.75 ↓ -72%
PPHP All Products $1,693.83 ↓ -72%
Humana Military All Products $2,072.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna All Products Transplant $2,108.68 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,219.95 ↓ -63%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,219.95 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $2,357.03 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $2,979.88 ↓ -51%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94 ↓ -46%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,328.90 ↓ -45%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,393.54 ↓ -44%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,490.49 ↓ -42%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,555.13 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $3,608.36 ↓ -40%
Summacare Preferred $3,707.10 ↓ -39%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $3,710.40 ↓ -38%
Summacare Premier $4,039.79 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,062.89 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $4,174.20 ↓ -31%
Aetna Acop $4,214.05 ↓ -30%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $4,350.44 ↓ -28%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,504.22 ↓ -25%
MMO Medicare HMO $4,524.91 ↓ -25%
OMAS All Products $4,638.00 ↓ -23%
MMO Medicare PPO $4,660.66 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $4,854.65 ↓ -19%
United All Products $4,854.65 ↓ -19%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $5,036.43 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart All Products $5,101.80 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $5,101.80 ↓ -15%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $5,301.51 ↓ -12%
Optum All Products Transplant $5,407.91 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $5,565.60 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $5,565.60 ↓ -8%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $5,566.59 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $5,566.59 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $5,630.53 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,638.20 ↓ -6%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,638.20 ↓ -6%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,638.20 ↓ -6%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $5,672.62 ↓ -6%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,779.17 ↓ -4%
United BH Managed Medicaid $5,831.66 ↓ -3%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,936.83 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $5,936.83 ↓ -2%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,936.83 ↓ -2%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,936.83 ↓ -2%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $5,936.83 ↓ -2%
Three Rivers All Products $6,029.40 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $6,029.40 ↑ +0%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $6,114.93 ↑ +1%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,411.78 ↑ +6%
GMS All Products $6,493.20 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners All Products $6,493.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,957.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $6,957.00 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $7,420.80 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $7,420.80 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $7,420.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $8,348.40 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $8,348.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $9,276.00 ↑ +54%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,390.70 ↑ +188%
MMO SuperMed $19,428.17 ↑ +222%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —

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