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Blood Culture Test 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

$46.15

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.

$71.00

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.

$5.32 with ANTHEM vs $71.00 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 $5.32 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $6.26 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.32 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $10.32 ↓ -78%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $20.08 ↓ -56%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.30 ↓ -54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $21.30 ↓ -54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $21.30 ↓ -54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $22.16 ↓ -52%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $22.72 ↓ -51%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.72 ↓ -51%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.72 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $22.72 ↓ -51%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $23.33 ↓ -49%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $23.33 ↓ -49%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $24.50 ↓ -47%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $24.50 ↓ -47%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $24.50 ↓ -47%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $25.66 ↓ -44%
The Health Plan Secure Care $28.40 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $31.95 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $34.15 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $34.51 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $35.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $36.99 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $38.34 ↓ -17%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $40.19 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $40.33 ↓ -13%
Summacare Preferred $40.90 ↓ -11%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $42.60 ↓ -8%
Summacare PREMIER $44.45 ↓ -4%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $45.09 ↓ -2%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $47.03 ↑ +2%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $47.71 ↑ +3%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $48.78 ↑ +6%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $49.13 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $49.27 ↑ +7%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $49.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $49.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $53.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $53.25 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $56.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $63.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $63.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $63.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $63.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $71.00 ↑ +54%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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