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Drain chst dry seal exp thorastat 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.

$25.96 with OPTUM vs $133.57 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 $25.96
Paramount Managed Medicaid $28.15
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $28.70
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $28.70
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $28.70
United BH Managed Medicaid $28.97
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $29.24
UNITED Managed Medicaid $29.24
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $30.06
ANTHEM HPN $113.53
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $133.57

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Drain chst dry seal exp thorastat at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $31.69 – $36.70
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $44.04 – $51.00
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $24.72 – $28.62
akron general Akron not published $25.16 – $29.13
avon hospital Avon not published $26.97 – $27.49
euclid hospital Euclid not published $27.64 – $32.00
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $27.05 – $31.32
lodi hospital Lodi not published $42.21 – $48.87

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