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Analysis tumor at lutheran hospital

1730 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1194763045

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.

$53.43 with OPTUM vs $378.95 with CC EHP — 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 $53.43
Paramount Managed Medicaid $57.93
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $59.05
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $59.05
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $59.05
United BH Managed Medicaid $59.61
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.18
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $60.18
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $61.86
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.86
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $158.86
OPTUM All Products VA $158.86
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.86
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $158.86
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $158.86
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.18
Valor HMO & PPO $161.18
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $163.62
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.02
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.24
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.57
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $174.08
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $177.30
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $177.30
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $335.61
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $348.95
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $378.95

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Analysis tumor at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $68.50 – $409.31
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $95.20 – $110.23
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $56.12 – $378.95
akron general Akron not published $54.37 – $409.31
avon hospital Avon not published $58.31 – $378.95
euclid hospital Euclid not published $59.74 – $378.95
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $58.47 – $378.95
lodi hospital Lodi not published $91.22 – $105.62

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