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Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at hillcrest hospital

6780 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1902858152

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.

$482.77 with OPTUM vs $2,413.61 with ANTHEM — 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 $482.77
Paramount Managed Medicaid $523.43
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $533.59
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $533.59
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $533.59
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $543.75
UNITED Managed Medicaid $543.75
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $559.00
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.76
OPTUM All Products VA $825.33
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $825.33
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $825.33
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $825.33
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $825.33
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78
Valor HMO & PPO $836.78
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $850.09
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $861.88
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $878.62
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $891.36
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $903.72
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $920.46
ANTHEM HPN $2,051.53
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,301.14
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,413.61

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Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,229.80 $1.10 – $1,702.80
akron general Akron not published $448.90 – $920.46
avon hospital Avon not published $481.45 – $920.46
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $786.02 – $910.13
euclid hospital Euclid not published $493.25 – $920.46
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $463.38 – $920.46
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $441.15 – $920.46
lodi hospital Lodi not published $753.17 – $872.09

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