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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$176.15

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.

$271.00

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 $271.00 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 ↓ -99%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.79 ↓ -80%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.34 ↓ -80%
Valor HMO & PPO $35.34 ↓ -80%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.34 ↓ -80%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.34 ↓ -80%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.34 ↓ -80%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.34 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $36.39 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.39 ↓ -79%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $36.39 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $36.39 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $36.39 ↓ -79%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.40 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.10 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $37.48 ↓ -79%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $38.16 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $38.82 ↓ -78%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $38.87 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.30 ↓ -78%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $42.09 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $42.90 ↓ -76%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $42.90 ↓ -76%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $42.90 ↓ -76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $43.72 ↓ -75%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $43.72 ↓ -75%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $44.95 ↓ -74%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $70.24 ↓ -60%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $76.14 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $76.64 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $86.72 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $95.39 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $101.93 ↓ -42%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $102.51 ↓ -42%
Summacare PREMIER $103.79 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $110.57 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $121.95 ↓ -31%
ANTHEM HPN $127.86 ↓ -27%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $131.71 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $135.50 ↓ -23%
MMO NASCO $141.19 ↓ -20%
MMO TRADITIONAL $141.19 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $146.34 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $149.05 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $151.35 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $153.39 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $162.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $162.60 ↓ -8%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $176.15 ↑ +0%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $189.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $189.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $189.70 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $189.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $203.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $203.25 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $230.35 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $243.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $243.90 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $243.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $243.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $243.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $271.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $302.25 $1.10 – $243.90
akron general Akron $176.15 $0.95 – $243.90
avon hospital Avon $176.15 $0.95 – $243.90
euclid hospital Euclid $176.15 $0.95 – $243.90
fairview hospital Cleveland $176.15 $0.95 – $243.90
lutheran hospital Cleveland $176.15 $0.95 – $243.90
lodi hospital Lodi $176.15 $38.16 – $243.90
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $176.15 $0.95 – $243.90

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