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Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds 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

$1,522.95

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$2,343.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $3,004.00 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

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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $91.89 ↓ -94%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $99.63 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -93%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -93%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $103.50 ↓ -93%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $103.50 ↓ -93%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $106.40 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM HPN $164.40 ↓ -89%
OPTUM All Products VA $472.10 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $472.10 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $472.10 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $472.10 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $472.10 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $477.33 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $486.26 ↓ -68%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $509.86 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↓ -66%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↓ -66%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↓ -66%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↓ -66%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.25 ↓ -66%
Valor HMO & PPO $510.25 ↓ -66%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $525.55 ↓ -65%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $535.76 ↓ -65%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $551.07 ↓ -64%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $561.27 ↓ -63%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $662.60 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $749.76 ↓ -51%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $791.93 ↓ -48%
Summacare Preferred $824.74 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $897.37 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $955.94 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,054.35 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,138.70 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,171.50 ↓ -23%
MMO NASCO $1,220.70 ↓ -20%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,220.70 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,265.22 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $1,288.65 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,308.57 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,326.14 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,405.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,405.80 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,471.75 ↓ -3%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,480.22 ↓ -3%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $1,522.95 ↑ +0%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,640.10 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,640.10 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $1,640.10 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,757.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,757.25 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $1,991.55 ↑ +31%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,108.70 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,108.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,108.70 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $2,108.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,108.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,343.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +61%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +88%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +97%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70
akron general Akron $369.20 $1.10 – $525.55
avon hospital Avon $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70
euclid hospital Euclid $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70
medina hospital Medina $1,522.95 $0.01 – $2,108.70

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