Orbitocranial approach/skull 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

$10,782.20

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.

$16,588.00

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 $16,588.00 with Aetna — 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,598.42 ↓ -85%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $1,733.03 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,766.68 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,766.68 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,779.18 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,850.81 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,850.81 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $2,063.28 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $2,326.62 ↓ -78%
United Managed Medicaid $2,384.20 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $2,600.34 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,737.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,751.04 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $2,833.57 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $2,888.59 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $2,956.18 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $2,971.12 ↓ -72%
Humana Military All Products $3,555.15 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Products Transplant $3,605.70 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $3,934.20 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $3,934.20 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $4,215.01 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,527.92 ↓ -58%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,766.23 ↓ -56%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $5,004.54 ↓ -54%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $5,004.54 ↓ -54%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $5,099.87 ↓ -53%
CC EHP All Products $5,200.68 ↓ -52%
United BH Managed Medicaid $5,242.85 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $6,452.73 ↓ -40%
Summacare Preferred $6,623.23 ↓ -39%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $6,635.20 ↓ -38%
Summacare Premier $7,217.62 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $7,265.54 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $7,464.60 ↓ -31%
Aetna Acop $7,528.97 ↓ -30%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,590.84 ↓ -30%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $7,779.77 ↓ -28%
MMO Medicare HMO $7,886.22 ↓ -27%
United All Products - Mid-Level $7,891.41 ↓ -27%
MMO Medicare PPO $8,122.81 ↓ -25%
OMAS All Products $8,294.00 ↓ -23%
MMO SuperMed $8,478.97 ↓ -21%
United All Products $8,505.38 ↓ -21%
United HMO & PPO $8,505.38 ↓ -21%
Healthsmart All Products $9,123.40 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $9,123.40 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $9,670.80 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $9,952.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC All Products $9,952.80 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $9,992.05 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $9,992.05 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $9,992.05 ↓ -7%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $10,068.92 ↓ -7%
Clarity Health All Products $10,782.20 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers All Products $10,782.20 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $11,611.60 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $11,611.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $12,441.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $12,441.00 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $13,270.40 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $13,270.40 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $13,270.40 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $14,929.20 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $14,929.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $16,588.00 ↑ +54%
United BH All Products MA 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
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital

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