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Contrast x-ray of brain 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

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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.

$356.43 with ANTHEM vs $586.92 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $356.43
OPTUM All Products VA $357.13
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $357.13
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $506.88
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $533.56
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $533.56
UNITED Managed Medicaid $560.24
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $560.24
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $560.24
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $586.92

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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $330.06 – $440.69
akron general Akron not published $302.11 – $363.07
avon hospital Avon not published $324.01 – $363.07
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $528.99 – $612.51
euclid hospital Euclid not published $330.06 – $384.36
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $311.86 – $363.07
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $296.89 – $363.07
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $324.90 – $376.20

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