Blood, l/r, irradiated 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 (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.

$78.03 with OPTUM vs $225.83 with ANTHEM — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $78.03
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.03
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.03
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $78.03
OPTUM All Products VA $78.03
Valor HMO & PPO $78.30
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.30
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.30
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.30
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.30
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.30
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $80.37
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $80.64
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $82.21
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $83.76
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $84.27
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $84.56
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $86.12
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $86.12
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $171.31
Paramount Managed Medicaid $185.74
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $189.35
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $189.35
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $189.35
United BH Managed Medicaid $191.15
ANTHEM HPN $191.96
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $192.95
UNITED Managed Medicaid $192.95
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $198.36
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $215.31
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $225.83

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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $78.03 – $242.09
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $290.60 – $336.48
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $78.03 – $188.85
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $253.80 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $411.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $253.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $253.80 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $411.00 not published

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