Permanent tear duct plug 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

$9.10

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.

$14.00

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 $78.43 with Anthem — 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 ↓ -88%
Oscar All Products $3.56 ↓ -61%
OHCP All Products $5.45 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $5.60 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $6.13 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $6.30 ↓ -31%
MMO SuperMed $6.30 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $6.57 ↓ -28%
CC EHP All Products $6.99 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $7.00 ↓ -23%
The Health Plan All Products $7.70 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart All Products $7.70 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $8.16 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $8.40 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $8.40 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $8.50 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $9.10 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $9.10 ↑ +0%
Summacare Preferred $9.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $9.80 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners All Products $9.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $9.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $9.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $9.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $9.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Premier $9.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $10.50 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $10.50 ↑ +15%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $11.14 ↑ +22%
MMO NASCO $11.20 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $11.20 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $11.20 ↑ +23%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $11.73 ↑ +29%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $12.08 ↑ +33%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +35%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +35%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +35%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $12.55 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $12.60 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $12.60 ↑ +38%
United BH Managed Medicaid $12.90 ↑ +42%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $14.00 ↑ +54%
United HMO & PPO $15.77 ↑ +73%
United All Products $15.77 ↑ +73%
United All Products - Mid-Level $17.98 ↑ +98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $30.88 ↑ +239%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $30.88 ↑ +239%
Anthem All Products Physician $78.43 ↑ +762%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $78.43 ↑ +762%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $78.43 ↑ +762%
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 —
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Humana Military All Products not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare HMO not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare PPO not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
PPHP All Products not published by hospital —
UPMC Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Valor All Products not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products Transplant not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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