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Assay of chloramphenicol 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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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.

$12.67 with HUMANA vs $51.69 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

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
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $12.67
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
Valor HMO & PPO $12.67
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $12.67
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $12.67
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.67
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $13.05
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.05
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.30
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $13.68
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.68
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $13.94
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $13.94
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $15.00
Paramount Managed Medicaid $16.26
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $16.58
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $16.58
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $16.58
United BH Managed Medicaid $16.74
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $16.90
UNITED Managed Medicaid $16.90
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $17.37
ANTHEM HPN $19.92
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $23.43
AETNA International $26.71
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $28.52
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $34.84
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $51.69

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Assay of chloramphenicol at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $56.55 $1.10 – $78.30
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $25.45 – $29.47
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $11.52 – $51.69
akron general Akron not published $12.67 – $55.83
avon hospital Avon not published $11.52 – $51.69
euclid hospital Euclid not published $11.52 – $51.69
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $12.67 – $51.69
lodi hospital Lodi not published $6.53 – $28.24

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