Remove brain canal fluid 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

$1,324.05

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.

$2,037.00

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 $4,628.00 with UNITED — 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 $49.37 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $51.14 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $64.57 ↓ -95%
United Managed Medicaid $65.84 ↓ -95%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $68.18 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $68.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $68.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $68.18 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $68.18 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $68.18 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $68.18 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $68.18 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $68.18 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $70.23 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $71.59 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $72.16 ↓ -95%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $73.63 ↓ -94%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $73.79 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $75.00 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $75.96 ↓ -94%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $80.00 ↓ -94%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $81.55 ↓ -94%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $81.55 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $85.44 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $85.44 ↓ -94%
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant $92.59 ↓ -93%
Humana Military All Products $102.36 ↓ -92%
AETNA All Products Transplant $102.53 ↓ -92%
Aetna All Products Transplant $102.53 ↓ -92%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $106.60 ↓ -92%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $106.60 ↓ -92%
CC EHP All Products $144.32 ↓ -89%
Oscar All Products $153.48 ↓ -88%
Summacare Preferred $161.76 ↓ -88%
Summacare Premier $176.28 ↓ -87%
Aetna Acop $183.89 ↓ -86%
United All Products - Mid-Level $215.39 ↓ -84%
MMO Medicare HMO $231.58 ↓ -83%
United All Products $232.15 ↓ -82%
United HMO & PPO $232.15 ↓ -82%
OHCP All Products $234.96 ↓ -82%
MMO Medicare PPO $238.53 ↓ -82%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $241.60 ↓ -82%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $256.95 ↓ -81%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $264.55 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $270.75 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $270.75 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Physician $270.75 ↓ -80%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $271.80 ↓ -79%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $273.65 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.65 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $273.65 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $273.65 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $273.65 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $281.86 ↓ -79%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $283.28 ↓ -79%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $289.33 ↓ -78%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $290.40 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -78%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $290.40 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $295.55 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $299.11 ↓ -77%
OMAS All Products $302.00 ↓ -77%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $304.56 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $304.92 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $313.63 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $319.44 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $319.79 ↓ -76%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $319.79 ↓ -76%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $325.88 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $332.20 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart All Products $332.20 ↓ -75%
United BH Managed Medicaid $335.02 ↓ -75%
Optum All Products Transplant $352.13 ↓ -73%
PHPHI All Products $362.40 ↓ -73%
UPMC All Products $362.40 ↓ -73%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $366.63 ↓ -72%
Clarity Health All Products $392.60 ↓ -70%
Three Rivers All Products $392.60 ↓ -70%
GMS All Products $422.80 ↓ -68%
Quality Care Partners All Products $422.80 ↓ -68%
Aetna All Products First Health $453.00 ↓ -66%
Consociate Health All Products $453.00 ↓ -66%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $483.20 ↓ -64%
MMO NASCO $483.20 ↓ -64%
Aetna Asa $483.20 ↓ -64%
Multiplan All Products $543.60 ↓ -59%
USA Managed Care All Products $543.60 ↓ -59%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $566.29 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $576.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $604.00 ↓ -54%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $651.84 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $651.84 ↓ -51%
MMO SuperMed $863.20 ↓ -35%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $916.65 ↓ -31%
Summacare PREMIER $928.87 ↓ -30%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $989.98 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,018.50 ↓ -23%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,099.98 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $1,120.35 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,127.28 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,152.94 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,222.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,222.20 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Commercial CHD Care Solutions $1,228.31 ↓ -7%
OPTUM Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,228.31 ↓ -7%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,281.27 ↓ -3%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,324.05 ↑ +0%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $1,324.05 ↑ +0%
Ohio Healthy Transplant SMCP $1,425.90 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $1,425.90 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,425.90 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners Transplant SMCP $1,425.90 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,425.90 ↑ +8%
Parkview Health Plan Transplant SMCP $1,425.90 ↑ +8%
CIGNA PPO $1,511.45 ↑ +14%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,527.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health TRANSPLANT $1,527.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,527.75 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,566.86 ↑ +18%
Community Health Alliance TRANSPLANT $1,629.60 ↑ +23%
Community Health Alliance ALL PRODUCTS $1,629.60 ↑ +23%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $1,731.45 ↑ +31%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,833.30 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,833.30 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,833.30 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,833.30 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $1,833.30 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,037.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $2,085.00 ↑ +57%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,351.00 ↑ +78%
AETNA Acop $2,602.00 ↑ +97%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,174.00 ↑ +140%
AETNA International $3,443.00 ↑ +160%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $4,132.00 ↑ +212%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,392.00 ↑ +232%
UNITED All Products International $4,628.00 ↑ +250%
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Kaiser Transplant ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CIGNA PPO Lifesource not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
CIGNA Indemnity Lifesource not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO Lifesource not published by hospital —

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