N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic at marymount hospital

12300 McCracken Road, Garfield Heights, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1942248737

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

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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.

$12.82 with OPTUM vs $79.73 with AETNA — 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 $12.82
Paramount Managed Medicaid $13.89
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $14.16
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $14.16
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $14.16
United BH Managed Medicaid $14.30
UNITED Managed Medicaid $14.43
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $14.43
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $14.84
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $18.07
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.56
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $24.56
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $24.56
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.56
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.56
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.56
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.56
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $24.56
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.56
Valor HMO & PPO $24.56
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.30
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $25.30
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.79
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.52
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $26.52
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $27.02
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $27.02
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $48.93
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $55.26
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $70.80
AETNA International $79.73

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N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $9.82 – $52.85
akron general Akron not published $13.21 – $52.85
avon hospital Avon not published $14.16 – $48.93
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $23.13 – $26.79
euclid hospital Euclid not published $14.52 – $48.93
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $13.63 – $48.93
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $12.98 – $48.93
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $14.20 – $48.93

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