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Creatine - sendout 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

$20.80

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.

$32.00

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.

$2.39 with ANTHEM vs $32.00 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 $2.39 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2.81 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $4.64 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.64 ↓ -78%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $9.05 ↓ -56%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $9.60 ↓ -54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $9.60 ↓ -54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.60 ↓ -54%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.24 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $10.24 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $10.24 ↓ -51%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.24 ↓ -51%
The Health Plan Secure Care $12.80 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $14.40 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $15.39 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $15.55 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $15.66 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $16.00 ↓ -23%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $16.48 ↓ -21%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $16.48 ↓ -21%
MMO TRADITIONAL $16.67 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $17.28 ↓ -17%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $17.30 ↓ -17%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $17.30 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $17.30 ↓ -17%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $18.11 ↓ -13%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $18.13 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $18.18 ↓ -13%
Summacare Preferred $18.43 ↓ -11%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $19.20 ↓ -8%
Summacare PREMIER $20.03 ↓ -4%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $20.32 ↓ -2%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $21.20 ↑ +2%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $21.50 ↑ +3%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $21.98 ↑ +6%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $22.14 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $22.21 ↑ +7%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $22.40 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $22.40 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $24.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $24.00 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $25.60 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $28.80 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $28.80 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $28.80 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $28.80 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $32.00 ↑ +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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Creatine - sendout at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $20.80 $1.10 – $28.80
akron general Akron $20.80 $0.95 – $35.18
avon hospital Avon $20.80 $0.95 – $32.57
euclid hospital Euclid $20.80 $0.95 – $32.57
fairview hospital Cleveland $20.80 $0.95 – $32.57
lutheran hospital Cleveland $20.80 $0.95 – $32.57
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $20.80 $0.95 – $32.57
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $20.80 $0.95 – $32.57

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