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Nerve teasing preparations 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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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.

$53.43 with OPTUM vs $1,650.16 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

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

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 $53.43
Paramount Managed Medicaid $57.93
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $59.05
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $59.05
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $59.05
United BH Managed Medicaid $59.61
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $60.18
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.18
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $61.86
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $288.40
OPTUM All Products VA $757.30
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $757.30
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $757.30
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $757.30
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $757.30
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $757.30
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $762.23
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $762.23
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $762.23
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $762.23
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $762.23
Valor HMO & PPO $762.23
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $780.02
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $785.10
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $800.35
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $817.88
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $823.21
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $838.46
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $838.46
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,476.35
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,650.16

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Nerve teasing preparations at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $620.75 $1.10 – $859.50
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $95.20 – $110.23
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $56.12 – $838.46
akron general Akron not published $54.37 – $838.46
avon hospital Avon not published $58.31 – $838.46
euclid hospital Euclid not published $59.74 – $838.46
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $58.47 – $838.46
lodi hospital Lodi not published $91.22 – $105.62

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