Cantharidin top, applicator 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.

$329.27 with OPTUM vs $1,893.58 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 $329.27
Paramount Managed Medicaid $357.00
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $363.93
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $363.93
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $363.93
United BH Managed Medicaid $367.40
UNITED Managed Medicaid $370.86
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $370.86
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $381.26
Valor HMO & PPO $656.49
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $656.49
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $656.49
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $656.49
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $656.49
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $656.49
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $676.18
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $689.31
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $708.00
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $709.01
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $711.75
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $711.75
OPTUM All Products VA $711.75
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $711.75
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $711.75
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $719.97
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $722.14
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $722.14
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $733.10
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $768.69
Summacare Preferred $1,253.91
Summacare PREMIER $1,253.91
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,530.26
ANTHEM HPN $1,609.52
AETNA International $1,622.79
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,805.35
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,893.58

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Cantharidin top, applicator at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $82.06 – $722.14
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $558.52 – $1,253.91
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $313.47 – $722.14
Defiance Hospital Defiance $315.00 not published
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville $944.00 not published
akron general Akron not published $318.98 – $736.66
avon hospital Avon not published $342.10 – $722.14
euclid hospital Euclid not published $350.49 – $722.14

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