Tc-99m graphite crucible 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.

$106.11 with OPTUM vs $947.81 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 $106.11
Paramount Managed Medicaid $115.04
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $117.27
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $117.27
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $117.27
United BH Managed Medicaid $118.39
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $119.51
UNITED Managed Medicaid $119.51
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $122.86
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $328.60
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $328.60
OPTUM All Products VA $328.60
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.60
Valor HMO & PPO $328.60
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $338.46
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $338.46
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $345.03
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $354.89
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $354.89
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $361.46
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $361.46
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $706.49
ANTHEM HPN $805.63
AETNA International $848.16
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $903.65
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $947.81

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Tc-99m graphite crucible at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $41.08 – $361.46
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $180.00 – $208.42
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $101.02 – $361.46
akron general Akron not published $102.79 – $361.46
avon hospital Avon not published $110.25 – $361.46
euclid hospital Euclid not published $112.95 – $361.46
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $110.55 – $361.46
lodi hospital Lodi not published $172.47 – $199.71

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