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

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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.

$4,000.93 with OPTUM vs $18,120.12 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 $4,000.93
Paramount Managed Medicaid $4,337.85
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $4,422.08
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,422.08
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,422.08
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,464.19
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,506.31
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,506.31
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,632.65
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,657.40
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,045.65
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $6,045.65
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $6,045.65
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,045.65
OPTUM All Products VA $6,045.65
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $6,227.02
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,282.11
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,282.11
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,282.11
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,282.11
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,282.11
Valor HMO & PPO $6,282.11
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,470.57
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,529.31
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,596.22
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,784.68
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,910.32
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $6,910.32
ANTHEM HPN $15,401.85
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,275.80
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $18,120.12

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Breast reduction at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,584.45 $1.10 – $6,282.11
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $6,786.62 – $7,858.19
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,809.01 – $6,910.32
akron general Akron $4,584.45 $1.10 – $6,507.75
mercy hospital Canton $4,584.45 $1.10 – $6,470.57
avon hospital Avon not published $4,042.00 – $6,910.32
euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,258.79 – $6,910.32
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,168.33 – $6,910.32

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