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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$704.60

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.

$1,084.00

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.

$74.78 with ANTHEM vs $1,084.00 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
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.78 ↓ -89%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.78 ↓ -89%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.78 ↓ -89%
Valor HMO & PPO $74.78 ↓ -89%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.78 ↓ -89%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.78 ↓ -89%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $77.02 ↓ -89%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.52 ↓ -89%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $80.76 ↓ -89%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $82.26 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $85.66 ↓ -88%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.66 ↓ -88%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $85.66 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $85.66 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.19 ↓ -88%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $88.23 ↓ -87%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $91.89 ↓ -87%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.51 ↓ -87%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $99.63 ↓ -86%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $101.57 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM HPN $101.89 ↓ -86%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $103.50 ↓ -85%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $103.50 ↓ -85%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $106.40 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $119.86 ↓ -83%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $216.94 ↓ -69%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $239.00 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $306.56 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $346.88 ↓ -51%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $366.39 ↓ -48%
Summacare Preferred $381.57 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $415.17 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $442.27 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $487.80 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $526.82 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $542.00 ↓ -23%
MMO NASCO $564.76 ↓ -20%
MMO TRADITIONAL $564.76 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $585.36 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $596.20 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $605.41 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $613.54 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $650.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $650.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $650.40 ↓ -8%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $704.60 ↑ +0%
AETNA International $758.80 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $758.80 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $758.80 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $758.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $758.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $813.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $813.00 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $921.40 ↑ +31%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $975.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $975.60 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $975.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $975.60 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $975.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,084.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $704.60 $1.10 – $975.60
akron general Akron $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
avon hospital Avon $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
euclid hospital Euclid $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
lodi hospital Lodi $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $704.60 $74.78 – $975.60

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