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Arthrodesis/combine app/ea add 22634 at euclid hospital

18901 Lakeshore Boulevard, Euclid, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1598719346

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.

$8,134.69 with OPTUM vs $9,419.11 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $8,134.69
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,562.83
Paramount Managed Medicaid $8,819.71
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $8,990.97
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $8,990.97
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $8,990.97
United BH Managed Medicaid $9,076.60
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $9,162.23
UNITED Managed Medicaid $9,162.23
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $9,419.11

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Arthrodesis/combine app/ea add 22634 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,276.30 $1.10 – $10,799.44
akron general Akron $2,276.30 $1.10 – $8,572.30
mercy hospital Canton $2,276.30 $1.10 – $8,365.29
avon hospital Avon not published $7,939.95 – $8,091.19
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $12,963.06 – $15,009.86
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $7,642.13 – $8,848.79
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $7,275.57 – $8,424.34
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $7,961.90 – $9,219.05

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