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Dch validity tests 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

$15.60

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.

$24.00

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 $24.00 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 ↓ -94%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -93%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $3.48 ↓ -78%
Valor HMO & PPO $3.48 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $3.48 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3.48 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.58 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $3.58 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.65 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.76 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3.76 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3.83 ↓ -75%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $5.44 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM HPN $5.47 ↓ -65%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $5.88 ↓ -62%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $5.90 ↓ -62%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $6.02 ↓ -61%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $6.02 ↓ -61%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $6.02 ↓ -61%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $6.13 ↓ -61%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $6.13 ↓ -61%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $6.30 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $6.44 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.79 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $7.68 ↓ -51%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $7.83 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $8.45 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $9.19 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $9.79 ↓ -37%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $10.10 ↓ -35%
AETNA International $10.58 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $10.80 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $11.66 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $12.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $12.50 ↓ -20%
MMO NASCO $12.50 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $12.96 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $13.20 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $13.40 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $13.58 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $14.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $14.40 ↓ -8%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $15.60 ↑ +0%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $16.80 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $16.80 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $16.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $20.40 ↑ +31%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $21.60 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $21.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $21.60 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $21.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $21.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $24.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Dch validity tests at other Ohio hospitals

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