Tissue culture skin/biopsy 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

$631.15

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.

$971.00

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.

$60.74 with OPTUM vs $1,083.61 with CC EHP — 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $60.74 ↓ -90%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $63.94 ↓ -90%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $65.86 ↓ -90%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $67.14 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $67.14 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $67.14 ↓ -89%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $68.42 ↓ -89%
United BH Managed Medicaid $70.33 ↓ -89%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $140.73 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $140.73 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $140.73 ↓ -78%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $140.73 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $140.73 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $144.95 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.95 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.77 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $151.99 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.99 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $154.80 ↓ -75%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $154.80 ↓ -75%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $211.10 ↓ -67%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $274.60 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $310.72 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $310.72 ↓ -51%
UNITED All Products International $316.65 ↓ -50%
AETNA Acop $351.50 ↓ -44%
Summacare Preferred $407.82 ↓ -35%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $425.30 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $436.95 ↓ -31%
ANTHEM HPN $438.31 ↓ -31%
Summacare PREMIER $442.78 ↓ -30%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $471.91 ↓ -25%
AETNA International $474.37 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $485.50 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $515.70 ↓ -18%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $519.12 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $524.34 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $534.05 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $549.59 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $582.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $582.60 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Commercial CRS Care Solutions $585.51 ↓ -7%
OPTUM Commercial CHD Care Solutions $585.51 ↓ -7%
MMO NASCO $610.76 ↓ -3%
MMO TRADITIONAL $610.76 ↓ -3%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $631.15 ↑ +0%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $631.15 ↑ +0%
Parkview Health Plan Transplant SMCP $679.70 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $679.70 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners Transplant SMCP $679.70 ↑ +8%
Ohio Healthy Transplant SMCP $679.70 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $679.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $679.70 ↑ +8%
CIGNA PPO $720.48 ↑ +14%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $728.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $728.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health TRANSPLANT $728.25 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $746.89 ↑ +18%
Community Health Alliance ALL PRODUCTS $776.80 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $776.80 ↑ +23%
Community Health Alliance TRANSPLANT $776.80 ↑ +23%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $825.35 ↑ +31%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $873.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $873.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $873.90 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $873.90 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $873.90 ↑ +38%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $971.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $971.00 ↑ +54%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,083.61 ↑ +72%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA All Products Transplant not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO Lifesource not published by hospital —
CIGNA Indemnity Lifesource not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Kaiser Transplant ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CIGNA PPO Lifesource not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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