Tlso trnk sj-t9 pre cst 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$71.20 with OPTUM vs $522.97 with ANTHEM — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $71.20
Paramount Managed Medicaid $77.20
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $78.70
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $78.70
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $78.70
United BH Managed Medicaid $79.45
UNITED Managed Medicaid $80.20
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $80.20
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $82.45
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $522.97

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tlso trnk sj-t9 pre cst at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $265.36 $89.00 – $367.42
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $126.87 – $146.91
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $74.79 – $86.60
akron general Akron $1,147.90 $72.46 – $1,589.40
avon hospital Avon not published $77.71 – $79.19
euclid hospital Euclid not published $79.61 – $92.18
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $77.92 – $90.22
lodi hospital Lodi not published $121.57 – $140.77

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →