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Remove esophagus obstruction at cleveland clinic main campus
9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1679525919
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$112.68 with OPTUM vs $175.54 with CIGNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $112.68 | — |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $118.61 | — |
| Paramount | Managed Medicaid | $122.17 | — |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $124.54 | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $124.54 | — |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $124.54 | — |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $126.91 | — |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $130.47 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $164.09 | — |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.54 | — |
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Remove esophagus obstruction at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $156.62 – $181.35 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $92.33 – $106.91 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $87.89 – $225.96 |
| akron general | Akron | not published | $89.44 – $103.57 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $95.93 – $225.96 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $98.28 – $225.96 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $96.19 – $111.38 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | not published | $150.07 – $173.77 |