Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) 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

$6,729.45

Cash price

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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.

$10,353.00

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 $54,351.12 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

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 $981.03 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,076.06 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,113.94 ↓ -83%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $1,207.75 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,231.20 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,231.20 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,282.88 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,289.83 ↓ -81%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,289.83 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $1,312.16 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,433.81 ↓ -79%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Valor All Products $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,434.74 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,477.78 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,506.48 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,509.27 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,549.52 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $1,578.21 ↓ -77%
Humana Military All Products $1,914.28 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Products Transplant $1,930.72 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,139.26 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,139.26 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $2,630.70 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $2,867.61 ↓ -57%
Summacare Preferred $3,433.22 ↓ -49%
Summacare Premier $3,741.33 ↓ -44%
Aetna Acop $3,902.73 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $4,027.32 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $4,141.20 ↓ -38%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,332.76 ↓ -36%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,534.61 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $4,616.00 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $4,658.85 ↓ -31%
United All Products $4,669.86 ↓ -31%
United HMO & PPO $4,669.86 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $4,855.56 ↓ -28%
OMAS All Products $5,176.50 ↓ -23%
MMO Medicare HMO $5,216.32 ↓ -22%
MMO Medicare PPO $5,372.81 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,433.28 ↓ -19%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,433.28 ↓ -19%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,433.28 ↓ -19%
The Health Plan All Products $5,694.15 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart All Products $5,694.15 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $6,035.80 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $6,211.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC All Products $6,211.80 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $6,284.27 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $6,729.45 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $6,729.45 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $7,247.10 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $7,247.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $7,764.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $7,764.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $8,282.40 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $8,282.40 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $8,282.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $9,317.70 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $9,317.70 ↑ +38%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $9,326.79 ↑ +39%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $9,817.67 ↑ +46%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $10,308.55 ↑ +53%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $10,308.55 ↑ +53%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $10,353.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $10,504.91 ↑ +56%
United BH Managed Medicaid $10,799.44 ↑ +60%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,167.80 ↑ +140%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $16,588.34 ↑ +147%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $17,048.31 ↑ +153%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $17,048.31 ↑ +153%
OPTUM All Products VA $17,048.31 ↑ +153%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $17,048.31 ↑ +153%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,048.31 ↑ +153%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,085.99 ↑ +154%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,417.76 ↑ +159%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $17,559.76 ↑ +161%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $17,915.41 ↑ +166%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $18,247.18 ↑ +171%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,412.18 ↑ +174%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $48,652.21 ↑ +623%
MMO SuperMed $54,351.12 ↑ +708%
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —

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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $12,963.06 – $15,009.86
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $7,642.13 – $18,247.18
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $7,275.57 – $18,247.18
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $83,448.23 $17,087.06 – $26,442.65
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $99,584.61 not published
akron general Akron $6,729.45 $1.10 – $17,915.41
mercy hospital Canton $6,729.45 $1.10 – $17,085.99
Lorain Hospital Lorain $33,427.42 $16,588.34 – $16,920.11

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