Incision of heel bone 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

$2,529.80

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.

$3,892.00

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 $20,863.78 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 $402.99 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $445.27 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $467.04 ↓ -82%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $506.37 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $516.20 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $516.20 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $526.98 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $540.78 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $540.78 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $543.11 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $588.98 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $593.69 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $593.69 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $593.69 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $593.69 ↓ -77%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $593.69 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $593.69 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $593.69 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $593.69 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $593.69 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $611.50 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $619.98 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $623.37 ↓ -75%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $641.19 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $653.06 ↓ -74%
Humana Military All Products $802.33 ↓ -68%
Aetna All Products Transplant $805.83 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $870.47 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $870.47 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $988.96 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $1,177.96 ↓ -53%
Summacare Preferred $1,430.04 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $1,513.99 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $1,556.80 ↓ -38%
Summacare Premier $1,558.38 ↓ -38%
Aetna Acop $1,625.61 ↓ -36%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,704.70 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $1,751.40 ↓ -31%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,772.43 ↓ -30%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,825.35 ↓ -28%
United HMO & PPO $1,910.33 ↓ -24%
United All Products $1,910.33 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,946.00 ↓ -23%
MMO Medicare HMO $2,109.97 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart All Products $2,140.60 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $2,140.60 ↓ -15%
MMO Medicare PPO $2,173.27 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,210.80 ↓ -13%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,210.80 ↓ -13%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,210.80 ↓ -13%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,269.04 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $2,335.20 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $2,335.20 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $2,362.44 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $2,529.80 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $2,529.80 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $2,724.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $2,724.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,919.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,919.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,113.60 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $3,113.60 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,113.60 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $3,502.80 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $3,502.80 ↑ +38%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,528.00 ↑ +39%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,892.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,090.38 ↑ +62%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,305.66 ↑ +70%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,520.94 ↑ +79%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,520.94 ↑ +79%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,607.06 ↑ +82%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,736.23 ↑ +87%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,206.54 ↑ +145%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,622.52 ↑ +162%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,622.52 ↑ +162%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $6,622.52 ↑ +162%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,622.52 ↑ +162%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $6,622.52 ↑ +162%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $6,821.20 ↑ +170%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $6,864.94 ↑ +171%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +180%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,152.33 ↑ +183%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,208.19 ↑ +185%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +193%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +198%
MMO SuperMed $20,863.78 ↑ +725%
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —

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