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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.

$271.56 with OPTUM vs $2,477.59 with UNITED — 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 $271.56
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $285.85
Paramount Managed Medicaid $294.43
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $300.14
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $300.14
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $300.14
United BH Managed Medicaid $303.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $305.86
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $305.86
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $314.44
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $468.92
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $488.27
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $499.00
OPTUM All Products VA $499.00
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $499.00
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $499.00
Valor HMO & PPO $513.69
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $513.69
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $513.69
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $513.69
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $513.69
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $513.69
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $513.97
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $529.10
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $538.92
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $539.38
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $554.79
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $565.06
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $628.53
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,112.09
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1,187.23
AETNA International $1,351.80
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,477.59

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Brain image 4+ views at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,551.90 $1.10 – $3,342.60
akron general Akron not published $247.14 – $565.06
avon hospital Avon not published $265.05 – $565.06
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $432.73 – $501.06
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $255.11 – $565.06
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $242.88 – $565.06
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $265.78 – $565.06
lodi hospital Lodi not published $414.66 – $480.13

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