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Removal of brain lesion 61510 at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center

630 East River Street, Elyria, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1841299039

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 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.

$1,849.00 with United Healthcare vs $4,983.00 with Medical Mutual of Ohio — 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
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,849.00
United Healthcare Commercial $2,054.00
Anthem Commercial $2,097.94
Anthem Traditional Commercial $2,097.94
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Cigna Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $2,100.79
Paramount Medicare Advantage $2,163.82
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,205.83
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $2,205.83
CareSource Marketplace $3,781.42
Ambetter Commercial $3,781.42
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $4,983.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $4,983.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $4,983.00

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Removal of brain lesion 61510 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $8,817.25 $1.10 – $12,208.50
akron general Akron $8,817.25 $1.10 – $12,208.50
mercy hospital Canton $8,817.25 $1.10 – $12,208.50
avon hospital Avon not published $2,297.52 – $2,341.28
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,751.02 – $4,343.28
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,353.86 – $2,725.53
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,211.33 – $2,560.49
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,105.27 – $2,437.68

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