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Drainage of eye 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.

$297.32 with OPTUM vs $4,726.80 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 $297.32
Paramount Managed Medicaid $322.36
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $328.62
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $328.62
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $328.62
United BH Managed Medicaid $331.75
UNITED Managed Medicaid $334.88
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $334.88
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $344.27
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,114.33
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,114.33
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $2,114.33
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,114.33
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,114.33
OPTUM All Products VA $2,114.33
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $2,177.76
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38
Valor HMO & PPO $2,183.38
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,248.88
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,283.47
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,292.55
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,358.05
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $2,401.72
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,401.72
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $4,726.80

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Drainage of eye at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $6,819.15 $0.01 – $9,441.90
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $529.75 – $613.39
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $312.30 – $2,401.72
akron general Akron not published $302.55 – $2,401.72
avon hospital Avon not published $324.47 – $2,401.72
euclid hospital Euclid not published $332.43 – $2,401.72
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $325.37 – $2,401.72
lodi hospital Lodi not published $507.60 – $587.75

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