Removal of kneecap 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

$2,251.60

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.

$3,464.00

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 $406.24 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $449.54 ↓ -80%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $470.00 ↓ -79%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $509.58 ↓ -77%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $519.48 ↓ -77%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $519.48 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $531.23 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $544.21 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $544.21 ↓ -76%
United Managed Medicaid $549.95 ↓ -76%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $593.73 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $599.38 ↓ -73%
Valor All Products $599.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $599.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $599.38 ↓ -73%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $599.38 ↓ -73%
United Medicare Advantage $599.38 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $599.38 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $599.38 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $599.38 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $617.36 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $624.98 ↓ -72%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $629.35 ↓ -72%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $647.33 ↓ -71%
PPHP All Products $659.32 ↓ -71%
Humana Military All Products $793.73 ↓ -65%
Aetna All Products Transplant $797.47 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $878.74 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $878.74 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $880.20 ↓ -61%
CC EHP All Products $1,187.46 ↓ -47%
OHCP All Products $1,347.50 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $1,385.60 ↓ -38%
Summacare Preferred $1,451.13 ↓ -36%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,517.23 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $1,558.80 ↓ -31%
Summacare Premier $1,581.36 ↓ -30%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,624.62 ↓ -28%
Aetna Acop $1,649.57 ↓ -27%
OMAS All Products $1,732.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,787.70 ↓ -21%
Healthsmart All Products $1,905.20 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan All Products $1,905.20 ↓ -15%
United All Products $1,926.79 ↓ -14%
United HMO & PPO $1,926.79 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,019.51 ↓ -10%
UPMC All Products $2,078.40 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $2,078.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Medicare HMO $2,100.62 ↓ -7%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $2,102.65 ↓ -7%
MMO Medicare PPO $2,163.64 ↓ -4%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,231.81 ↓ -1%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,231.81 ↓ -1%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,231.81 ↓ -1%
Clarity Health All Products $2,251.60 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers All Products $2,251.60 ↑ +0%
GMS All Products $2,424.80 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners All Products $2,424.80 ↑ +8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,483.09 ↑ +10%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,598.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $2,598.00 ↑ +15%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,613.78 ↑ +16%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,744.47 ↑ +22%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,744.47 ↑ +22%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $2,771.20 ↑ +23%
MMO NASCO $2,771.20 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $2,771.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,796.74 ↑ +24%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,875.16 ↑ +28%
Multiplan All Products $3,117.60 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care All Products $3,117.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,206.54 ↑ +176%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $6,622.52 ↑ +194%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,622.52 ↑ +194%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $6,622.52 ↑ +194%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,622.52 ↑ +194%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,622.52 ↑ +194%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $6,821.20 ↑ +203%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +205%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +214%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,152.33 ↑ +218%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,208.19 ↑ +220%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +229%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +235%
MMO SuperMed $20,863.78 ↑ +827%
United BH All Products RN 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 —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —

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