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Tissue culture skin/biopsy 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

$631.15

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.

$971.00

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 $1,003.24 with CC EHP — 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 ↓ -100%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $51.85 ↓ -92%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $56.22 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $57.31 ↓ -91%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $57.31 ↓ -91%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $57.31 ↓ -91%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $58.40 ↓ -91%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $58.40 ↓ -91%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $60.04 ↓ -90%
Valor HMO & PPO $140.73 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $140.73 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $140.73 ↓ -78%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $140.73 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.73 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $144.95 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.95 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.77 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.99 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $151.99 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $154.80 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM HPN $221.21 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $260.25 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $274.60 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $310.72 ↓ -51%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $316.65 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $341.79 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $371.89 ↓ -41%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $396.17 ↓ -37%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $408.26 ↓ -35%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $436.95 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $471.91 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $485.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $505.89 ↓ -20%
MMO NASCO $505.89 ↓ -20%
AETNA International $523.60 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $524.34 ↓ -17%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $534.05 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $542.30 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $549.59 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $582.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $582.60 ↓ -8%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $631.15 ↑ +0%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $679.70 ↑ +8%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $679.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $679.70 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $728.25 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $728.25 ↑ +15%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $825.35 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $873.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $873.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $873.90 ↑ +38%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $873.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $873.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $971.00 ↑ +54%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,003.24 ↑ +59%
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Ohio hospitals

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $631.15 $60.74 – $1,083.61
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