Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) 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

$1,032.20

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.

$1,588.00

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 $86,794.45 with ANTHEM — 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 $3.22 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $25.92 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $30.78 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $33.90 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $37.89 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $39.88 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $41.04 ↓ -96%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $41.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $41.04 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $41.04 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $42.27 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $43.07 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $43.09 ↓ -96%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $44.32 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $56.91 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $56.91 ↓ -94%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $71.07 ↓ -93%
CC EHP All Products $75.77 ↓ -93%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $77.05 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $78.55 ↓ -92%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $78.55 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $82.29 ↓ -92%
Molina Managed Medicaid $82.29 ↓ -92%
Oscar All Products $91.48 ↓ -91%
Summacare Preferred $97.70 ↓ -91%
MMO Medicare HMO $100.58 ↓ -90%
MMO Medicare PPO $103.60 ↓ -90%
Summacare Premier $106.46 ↓ -90%
United All Products - Mid-Level $106.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna Acop $112.31 ↓ -89%
United All Products $117.08 ↓ -89%
United HMO & PPO $117.08 ↓ -89%
OHCP All Products $140.04 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $142.61 ↓ -86%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $144.00 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician $144.53 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $144.53 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $144.53 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $150.12 ↓ -85%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $157.63 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $157.63 ↓ -85%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $157.68 ↓ -85%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.40 ↓ -85%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $160.63 ↓ -84%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $162.00 ↓ -84%
MMO SuperMed $162.00 ↓ -84%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $165.03 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.03 ↓ -84%
OPTUM All Products VA $165.03 ↓ -84%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $165.03 ↓ -84%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $165.03 ↓ -84%
United BH Managed Medicaid $165.13 ↓ -84%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $165.94 ↓ -84%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.94 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.94 ↓ -84%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.94 ↓ -84%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.94 ↓ -84%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $165.94 ↓ -84%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.94 ↓ -84%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $168.84 ↓ -84%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $169.98 ↓ -84%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.92 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.24 ↓ -83%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.23 ↓ -83%
Humana Military All Products $178.68 ↓ -83%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $179.22 ↓ -83%
OMAS All Products $180.00 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant $182.53 ↓ -82%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $182.54 ↓ -82%
Aetna All Products Transplant $184.35 ↓ -82%
AETNA All Products Transplant $184.35 ↓ -82%
Healthsmart All Products $198.00 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan All Products $198.00 ↓ -81%
Optum All Products Transplant $209.88 ↓ -80%
UPMC All Products $216.00 ↓ -79%
PHPHI All Products $216.00 ↓ -79%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $218.52 ↓ -79%
Clarity Health All Products $234.00 ↓ -77%
Three Rivers All Products $234.00 ↓ -77%
GMS All Products $252.00 ↓ -76%
Quality Care Partners All Products $252.00 ↓ -76%
CIGNA PPO $252.81 ↓ -76%
Consociate Health All Products $270.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna All Products First Health $270.00 ↓ -74%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $270.45 ↓ -74%
MMO NASCO $288.00 ↓ -72%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $288.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Asa $288.00 ↓ -72%
Multiplan All Products $324.00 ↓ -69%
USA Managed Care All Products $324.00 ↓ -69%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $341.38 ↓ -67%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $347.28 ↓ -66%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $360.00 ↓ -65%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $392.96 ↓ -62%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $392.96 ↓ -62%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $401.74 ↓ -61%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $452.68 ↓ -56%
AETNA International $454.82 ↓ -56%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $536.73 ↓ -48%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $552.60 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $559.97 ↓ -46%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $596.81 ↓ -42%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $614.00 ↓ -41%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $663.12 ↓ -36%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $675.40 ↓ -35%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $695.05 ↓ -33%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $736.80 ↓ -29%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $736.80 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Commercial CHD Care Solutions $740.48 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Commercial CRS Care Solutions $740.48 ↓ -28%
MMO TRADITIONAL $772.41 ↓ -25%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $798.20 ↓ -23%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $798.20 ↓ -23%
Quality Care Partners Transplant SMCP $859.60 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy Transplant SMCP $859.60 ↓ -17%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $859.60 ↓ -17%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $859.60 ↓ -17%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $859.60 ↓ -17%
Parkview Health Plan Transplant SMCP $859.60 ↓ -17%
UNITED All Products International $903.92 ↓ -12%
Consociate Health TRANSPLANT $921.00 ↓ -11%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $921.00 ↓ -11%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $921.00 ↓ -11%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $944.58 ↓ -8%
Community Health Alliance ALL PRODUCTS $982.40 ↓ -5%
Community Health Alliance TRANSPLANT $982.40 ↓ -5%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $1,043.80 ↑ +1%
AETNA Acop $1,062.22 ↑ +3%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,105.20 ↑ +7%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,105.20 ↑ +7%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,105.20 ↑ +7%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,105.20 ↑ +7%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $1,105.20 ↑ +7%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,228.00 ↑ +19%
ANTHEM HPN $73,775.67 ↑ +7047%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $86,794.45 ↑ +8309%
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CIGNA PPO Lifesource not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Kaiser Transplant ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CIGNA Indemnity Lifesource not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO Lifesource not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —

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