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Galectin-3 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.

$16.27 with OPTUM vs $99.68 with AETNA — 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 $16.27
Paramount Managed Medicaid $17.64
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $17.99
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $17.99
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $17.99
United BH Managed Medicaid $18.16
UNITED Managed Medicaid $18.33
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $18.33
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $18.84
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $32.57
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $44.25
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $44.25
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $44.25
Valor HMO & PPO $44.25
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.25
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $45.58
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.58
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $45.89
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.46
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.79
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $47.79
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $48.68
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $48.68
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $88.51
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $99.57
AETNA International $99.68

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Galectin-3 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $198.25 $1.10 – $274.50
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $29.00 – $33.58
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $17.09 – $48.68
akron general Akron $198.25 $0.95 – $274.50
lodi hospital Lodi $198.25 $18.46 – $274.50
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $280.50 $7.12 – $272.70
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $280.50 $14.42 – $272.70
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $280.50 $7.12 – $106.20

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