Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use 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.

$2.90 with The Health Plan vs $198.34 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.90
Valor HMO & PPO $3.02
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.02
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.02
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.02
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.02
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.02
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $3.03
OPTUM All Products VA $3.04
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $3.04
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $3.04
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3.04
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.04
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.11
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $3.13
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.17
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3.26
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.28
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3.32
Summacare Preferred $5.77
Summacare PREMIER $5.77
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $6.39
AETNA International $6.77
ANTHEM HPN $7.40
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8.31
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8.71
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $171.29
Paramount Managed Medicaid $185.72
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $189.33
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $189.33
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $189.33
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $192.93
UNITED Managed Medicaid $192.93
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $198.34

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Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $0.38 – $232.34
akron general Akron not published $3.02 – $184.43
avon hospital Avon not published $3.02 – $174.08
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $5.77 – $322.93
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2.90 – $202.64
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2.90 – $190.38
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3.02 – $181.24
lodi hospital Lodi not published $3.02 – $309.43

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