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Ear irrigation 69209 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

$154.70

Cash price

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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.

$238.00

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
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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%
ANTHEM HPN $33.05 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.07 ↓ -66%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $54.44 ↓ -65%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $55.07 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $55.07 ↓ -64%
OPTUM All Products VA $55.07 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $55.07 ↓ -64%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.07 ↓ -64%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81 ↓ -64%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81 ↓ -64%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81 ↓ -64%
Valor HMO & PPO $55.81 ↓ -64%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81 ↓ -64%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.81 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $56.72 ↓ -63%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.49 ↓ -63%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.60 ↓ -62%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $59.02 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.47 ↓ -62%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $60.17 ↓ -61%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $60.17 ↓ -61%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $60.17 ↓ -61%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $60.28 ↓ -61%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $61.31 ↓ -60%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $61.31 ↓ -60%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $61.39 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $63.03 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $67.31 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $76.16 ↓ -51%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $80.44 ↓ -48%
Summacare Preferred $83.78 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $91.15 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $97.10 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $107.10 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $115.67 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $119.00 ↓ -23%
MMO NASCO $124.00 ↓ -20%
MMO TRADITIONAL $124.00 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $128.52 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $130.90 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $132.92 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $134.71 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↓ -8%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $154.70 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $160.98 ↑ +4%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $161.91 ↑ +5%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $166.60 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $166.60 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $166.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $178.50 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $178.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $178.50 ↑ +15%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $214.20 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $214.20 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $214.20 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $214.20 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $214.20 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $238.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +1484%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +1749%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +1842%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Ear irrigation 69209 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $167.70 $0.01 – $232.20
akron general Akron $167.70 $0.01 – $232.20
avon hospital Avon $154.70 $0.01 – $214.20
euclid hospital Euclid $154.70 $0.01 – $214.20
fairview hospital Cleveland $154.70 $0.01 – $214.20
lutheran hospital Cleveland $154.70 $0.01 – $214.20
lodi hospital Lodi $154.70 $59.40 – $214.20
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $154.70 $0.01 – $214.20

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