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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at lodi hospital

225 Elyria Street, Lodi, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1801807870

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,803.45

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.

$4,313.00

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.

$615.12 with OPTUM vs $4,313.00 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 $615.12 ↓ -78%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $647.49 ↓ -77%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $647.49 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $679.86 ↓ -76%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $679.86 ↓ -76%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $679.86 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $712.24 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $926.63 ↓ -67%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $937.56 ↓ -67%
OPTUM All Products VA $937.56 ↓ -67%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,219.72 ↓ -56%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,293.90 ↓ -54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,293.90 ↓ -54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,293.90 ↓ -54%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,380.16 ↓ -51%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,380.16 ↓ -51%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,380.16 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,380.16 ↓ -51%
The Health Plan Secure Care $1,725.20 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,940.85 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,074.55 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,096.12 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,156.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $2,247.07 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $2,329.02 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM HPN $2,354.90 ↓ -16%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $2,441.16 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $2,449.78 ↓ -13%
Summacare Preferred $2,484.29 ↓ -11%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,587.80 ↓ -8%
Summacare PREMIER $2,699.94 ↓ -4%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,738.76 ↓ -2%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,770.67 ↓ -1%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,856.93 ↑ +2%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,898.34 ↑ +3%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,963.03 ↑ +6%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,984.60 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $2,993.22 ↑ +7%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $3,019.10 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $3,019.10 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,234.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,234.75 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $3,450.40 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $4,313.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
akron general Akron $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
avon hospital Avon $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
euclid hospital Euclid $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70

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