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Anoscopy and biopsy 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

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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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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.

$729.43 with OPTUM vs $3,265.47 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $729.43
Paramount Managed Medicaid $790.85
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $806.21
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $806.21
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $806.21
United BH Managed Medicaid $813.89
UNITED Managed Medicaid $821.57
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $821.57
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $844.60
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,023.77
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,093.05
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $1,093.05
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,093.05
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,093.05
OPTUM All Products VA $1,093.05
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $1,125.85
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12
Valor HMO & PPO $1,132.12
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,166.08
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,180.50
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,188.72
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,222.68
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,245.33
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1,245.33
ANTHEM HPN $2,775.61
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $3,113.32
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,265.47

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Anoscopy and biopsy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,525.60 $1.10 – $4,881.60
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,237.30 – $1,432.66
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $694.44 – $1,245.33
akron general Akron $343.20 $1.10 – $1,176.60
mercy hospital Canton $343.20 $1.10 – $1,166.08
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $1,380.00 $406.64 – $2,037.81
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $1,380.00 $736.00 – $2,867.32
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $1,380.00 $1,132.12 – $2,037.81

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