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Assay of androsterone 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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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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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.

$17.16 with OPTUM vs $102.20 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

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 $17.16
Paramount Managed Medicaid $18.60
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $18.96
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $18.96
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $18.96
United BH Managed Medicaid $19.14
UNITED Managed Medicaid $19.32
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $19.32
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $19.87
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $22.73
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $25.55
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
Valor HMO & PPO $25.55
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $25.55
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $25.55
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.32
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $26.32
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.83
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $27.59
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.59
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $28.11
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $28.11
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $51.10
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $57.50
AETNA International $57.55
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $102.20

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Assay of androsterone at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $114.40 $12.35 – $158.40
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $30.58 – $35.41
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $18.02 – $102.20
akron general Akron not published $17.46 – $110.39
avon hospital Avon not published $18.73 – $102.20
euclid hospital Euclid not published $19.19 – $102.20
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $18.78 – $102.20
lodi hospital Lodi not published $12.88 – $33.92

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