Release spinal cord lumbar 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

$6,132.10

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.

$9,434.00

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 $10,799.44 with United BH — 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 $855.96 ↓ -86%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $928.04 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $946.06 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $946.06 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $971.98 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $991.11 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $991.11 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,123.07 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,271.06 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $1,297.42 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,420.59 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,495.36 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
Valor All Products $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,497.42 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,542.34 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,572.29 ↓ -74%
PPHP All Products $1,614.99 ↓ -74%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,617.21 ↓ -74%
Humana Military All Products $1,960.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna All Products Transplant $1,968.15 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,079.77 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,079.77 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $2,397.18 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $2,841.18 ↓ -54%
Summacare Preferred $3,590.78 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $3,669.83 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $3,773.60 ↓ -38%
Summacare Premier $3,913.03 ↓ -36%
Aetna Acop $4,081.82 ↓ -33%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,087.92 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,132.09 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $4,245.30 ↓ -31%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,249.79 ↓ -31%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $4,424.55 ↓ -28%
MMO SuperMed $4,567.01 ↓ -26%
United All Products $4,580.43 ↓ -25%
United HMO & PPO $4,580.43 ↓ -25%
OMAS All Products $4,717.00 ↓ -23%
MMO Medicare HMO $4,735.73 ↓ -23%
MMO Medicare PPO $4,877.80 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart All Products $5,188.70 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $5,188.70 ↓ -15%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,282.18 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,282.18 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,282.18 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $5,500.02 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $5,660.40 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $5,660.40 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $5,726.44 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers All Products $6,132.10 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health All Products $6,132.10 ↑ +0%
Quality Care Partners All Products $6,603.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $6,603.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $7,075.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $7,075.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $7,547.20 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $7,547.20 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $7,547.20 ↑ +23%
USA Managed Care All Products $8,490.60 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $8,490.60 ↑ +38%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $9,326.79 ↑ +52%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $9,434.00 ↑ +54%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $9,817.67 ↑ +60%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $10,308.55 ↑ +68%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $10,308.55 ↑ +68%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $10,504.91 ↑ +71%
United BH Managed Medicaid $10,799.44 ↑ +76%
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
United BH All Products PHD 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 RN not published by hospital

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