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Assay of urine sulfate 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

$24.70

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.

$38.00

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.

$2.44 with ANTHEM vs $38.00 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
ANTHEM HPN $2.44 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2.87 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $5.49 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.49 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $8.49 ↓ -66%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $8.94 ↓ -64%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $8.94 ↓ -64%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $9.39 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $9.39 ↓ -62%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $9.39 ↓ -62%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $9.83 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $10.75 ↓ -56%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.40 ↓ -54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $11.40 ↓ -54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $11.40 ↓ -54%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.16 ↓ -51%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.16 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $12.16 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $12.16 ↓ -51%
The Health Plan Secure Care $15.20 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $17.10 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $18.28 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $18.47 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $19.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $19.80 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $20.52 ↓ -17%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $21.51 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $21.58 ↓ -13%
Summacare Preferred $21.89 ↓ -11%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $22.80 ↓ -8%
Summacare PREMIER $23.79 ↓ -4%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $24.13 ↓ -2%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $25.17 ↑ +2%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $25.54 ↑ +3%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $26.11 ↑ +6%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $26.30 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $26.37 ↑ +7%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $26.60 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $26.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $28.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $28.50 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $30.40 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $34.20 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $34.20 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $34.20 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $34.20 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $38.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $24.70 $2.34 – $34.20
akron general Akron $24.70 $0.95 – $34.20
avon hospital Avon $24.70 $0.95 – $34.20
euclid hospital Euclid $24.70 $0.95 – $34.20
fairview hospital Cleveland $24.70 $0.95 – $34.20
lutheran hospital Cleveland $24.70 $0.95 – $34.20
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marymount hospital Garfield Heights $24.70 $0.95 – $34.20

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