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Assay of endocrine hormone 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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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.

$21.59 with OPTUM vs $213.90 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 $21.59
Paramount Managed Medicaid $23.41
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $23.87
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $23.87
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $23.87
United BH Managed Medicaid $24.09
UNITED Managed Medicaid $24.32
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $24.32
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $25.00
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $52.43
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $71.23
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
Valor HMO & PPO $71.23
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $71.23
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $71.23
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.23
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.37
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $73.37
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.79
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $76.93
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $76.93
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $78.35
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $78.35
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $142.48
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $160.28
AETNA International $160.45
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $213.90

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Assay of endocrine hormone at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $27.68 – $231.03
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $38.48 – $44.56
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $22.69 – $213.90
akron general Akron not published $21.97 – $231.03
avon hospital Avon not published $23.57 – $213.90
euclid hospital Euclid not published $24.15 – $213.90
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $23.64 – $213.90
lodi hospital Lodi not published $29.71 – $42.70

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