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Consultation pathology during surgery 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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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.

$28.44 with OPTUM vs $160.98 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

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 Managed Medicaid Transplant $28.44
Paramount Managed Medicaid $30.84
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $31.44
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $31.44
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $31.44
United BH Managed Medicaid $31.74
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $32.04
UNITED Managed Medicaid $32.04
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $32.93
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $53.07
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $55.07
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $55.07
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.07
OPTUM All Products VA $55.07
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.07
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81
Valor HMO & PPO $55.81
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $56.72
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.49
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.60
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.47
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $60.28
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $61.39
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $61.39
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $73.04
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $76.14
ANTHEM HPN $136.83
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $153.48
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $160.98

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Consultation pathology during surgery at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $266.50 $1.10 – $369.00
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $48.25 – $55.87
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $27.08 – $73.04
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $141.75 $34.54 – $170.10
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $141.75 $55.81 – $170.10
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $131.25 $34.54 – $80.13
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $141.75 $44.64 – $100.46
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $141.75 $34.54 – $100.46

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