healthcosts.net

Analysis nerve at fairview hospital

18101 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1215989611

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$30.64 with OPTUM vs $427.77 with CC EHP — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $30.64
Paramount Managed Medicaid $33.22
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $33.86
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $33.86
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $33.86
United BH Managed Medicaid $34.19
UNITED Managed Medicaid $34.51
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $34.51
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $35.48
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $47.01
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
Valor HMO & PPO $49.30
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $49.53
OPTUM All Products VA $49.53
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $49.53
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.53
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.53
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.78
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $51.02
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.77
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $53.25
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.49
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $54.23
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $54.23
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $111.96
ANTHEM HPN $120.87
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $135.58
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $142.20
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $427.77

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Analysis nerve at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $37.39 – $462.03
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $51.97 – $60.17
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $29.17 – $427.77
akron general Akron not published $29.68 – $462.03
avon hospital Avon not published $31.83 – $427.77
euclid hospital Euclid not published $32.61 – $427.77
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $31.92 – $427.77
lodi hospital Lodi not published $49.80 – $57.66

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →