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Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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.

$83.97 with OPTUM vs $176.10 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 $83.97
Paramount Managed Medicaid $91.04
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $92.81
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $92.81
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $92.81
United BH Managed Medicaid $93.69
UNITED Managed Medicaid $94.58
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $94.58
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $97.23
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40
AETNA NAP $110.40
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $110.40
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40
Valor HMO & PPO $110.40
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.71
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.92
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $119.23
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $121.44
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $121.44
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $127.75
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $127.75
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.75
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $127.75
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.75
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $127.75
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $131.58
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $137.97
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $176.10

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Fees w/laryngeal sense test at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $488.80 $1.10 – $676.80
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $110.40 – $173.24
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $88.20 – $128.61
akron general Akron $488.80 $1.10 – $676.80
mercy hospital Canton $488.80 $1.10 – $676.80
avon hospital Avon not published $91.63 – $127.75
euclid hospital Euclid not published $93.89 – $128.61
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $91.89 – $128.61

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