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Skin Biopsy 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

$387.40

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.

$596.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $3,004.00 with AETNA — 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
ANTHEM HPN $54.88 ↓ -86%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $168.55 ↓ -56%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $173.69 ↓ -55%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.20 ↓ -52%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $184.20 ↓ -52%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.20 ↓ -52%
OPTUM All Products VA $184.20 ↓ -52%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $184.20 ↓ -52%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $189.73 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $190.72 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $190.72 ↓ -51%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $198.94 ↓ -49%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $201.45 ↓ -48%
Summacare Preferred $209.79 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $228.27 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $248.53 ↓ -36%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $268.20 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $289.66 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $298.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $310.52 ↓ -20%
MMO NASCO $310.52 ↓ -20%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $319.03 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $321.84 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $327.80 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $332.87 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $337.34 ↓ -13%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $345.89 ↓ -11%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $352.61 ↓ -9%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $352.61 ↓ -9%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $352.61 ↓ -9%
United BH Managed Medicaid $355.97 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $357.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $357.60 ↓ -8%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $359.33 ↓ -7%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $359.33 ↓ -7%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $369.40 ↓ -5%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.59 ↓ -1%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.59 ↓ -1%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.59 ↓ -1%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.59 ↓ -1%
Valor HMO & PPO $384.59 ↓ -1%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.59 ↓ -1%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $387.40 ↑ +0%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $396.13 ↑ +2%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $403.82 ↑ +4%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $415.36 ↑ +7%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $417.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $417.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $417.20 ↑ +8%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $423.05 ↑ +9%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $423.05 ↑ +9%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $447.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $447.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $476.80 ↑ +23%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $506.60 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $536.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $536.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $536.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $536.40 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $536.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $596.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,109.32 ↑ +186%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,115.71 ↑ +188%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +533%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +638%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +675%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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