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Bx breast add lesion mr imag 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.

$804.88 with OPTUM vs $931.96 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $804.88
Paramount Managed Medicaid $872.66
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $889.60
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $889.60
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $889.60
United BH Managed Medicaid $898.07
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $906.55
UNITED Managed Medicaid $906.55
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $931.96

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Bx breast add lesion mr imag at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,626.95 $1.10 – $2,252.70
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,434.07 – $1,660.51
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $845.42 – $978.91
akron general Akron $1,626.95 $1.10 – $2,252.70
mercy hospital Canton $520.65 $1.10 – $925.43
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $3,008.25 $494.85 – $3,609.90
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $3,008.25 $241.04 – $3,609.90
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $2,781.75 not published

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