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Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$33.15

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.

$51.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $51.00 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
AETNA Acop $0.95 ↓ -97%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -97%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $7.33 ↓ -78%
Valor HMO & PPO $7.33 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $7.33 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $7.33 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $7.55 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.55 ↓ -77%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $7.65 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.70 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7.92 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.92 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $8.06 ↓ -76%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $8.29 ↓ -75%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $8.45 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $8.45 ↓ -75%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $8.45 ↓ -75%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $8.61 ↓ -74%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $8.61 ↓ -74%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $8.86 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM HPN $11.52 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $13.56 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $14.42 ↓ -57%
AETNA International $15.46 ↓ -53%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $16.32 ↓ -51%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $16.50 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $17.95 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $19.53 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $20.81 ↓ -37%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $21.26 ↓ -36%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $22.95 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $24.79 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $26.57 ↓ -20%
MMO NASCO $26.57 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $27.54 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $28.05 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $28.48 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $28.87 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $30.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $30.60 ↓ -8%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $33.15 ↑ +0%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $35.70 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $35.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $35.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +15%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $40.51 ↑ +22%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $43.35 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $45.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $45.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $45.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $45.90 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $45.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $51.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $105.95 $1.10 – $146.70
akron general Akron $105.95 $0.95 – $146.70
avon hospital Avon $33.15 $0.95 – $45.90
euclid hospital Euclid $33.15 $0.95 – $45.90
fairview hospital Cleveland $33.15 $0.95 – $45.90
lutheran hospital Cleveland $33.15 $0.95 – $45.90
lodi hospital Lodi $33.15 $3.68 – $45.90
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $33.15 $0.95 – $45.90

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