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Biopsy eyelid & lid margin 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.

$154.61 with OPTUM vs $650.10 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 $154.61
Paramount Managed Medicaid $167.63
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $170.89
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $170.89
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $170.89
United BH Managed Medicaid $172.52
UNITED Managed Medicaid $174.14
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $174.14
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $179.03
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $277.12
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $277.12
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.12
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.12
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $277.12
OPTUM All Products VA $277.12
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $285.43
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $299.29
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.29
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.29
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.29
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.29
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.29
Valor HMO & PPO $300.29
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.30
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $315.30
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $324.31
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $330.32
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $330.32
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $650.10

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Biopsy eyelid & lid margin at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $893.75 $0.01 – $1,237.50
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $275.48 – $318.98
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $162.40 – $330.32
akron general Akron $893.75 $0.01 – $1,237.50
mercy hospital Canton $337.35 $1.10 – $467.10
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $576.00 $169.73 – $691.20
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $576.00 $300.29 – $760.54
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $576.00 $300.29 – $540.52

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