Assay chondroitin sulfate at medina hospital

1000 East Washington Street, Medina, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1083696710

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 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.

$12.90 with ANTHEM vs $147.24 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
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $12.90 —
ANTHEM HPN $15.96 —
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $17.58 —
Paramount Managed Medicaid $19.06 —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $19.43 —
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $19.43 —
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $19.43 —
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $19.80 —
UNITED Managed Medicaid $19.80 —
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $20.35 —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.65 —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $20.65 —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $20.65 —
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $20.65 —
Valor HMO & PPO $20.65 —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.27 —
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $21.27 —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.68 —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.30 —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $22.30 —
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $22.72 —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $22.72 —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $36.20 —
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $41.30 —
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $46.47 —
AETNA International $46.51 —
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $86.47 —
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $147.24 —

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Assay chondroitin sulfate at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $92.30 $10.20 – $159.03
akron general Akron not published $17.46 – $159.03
avon hospital Avon not published $18.73 – $147.24
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $30.58 – $35.41
euclid hospital Euclid not published $18.77 – $147.24
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $18.02 – $147.24
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $17.16 – $147.24
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $18.78 – $147.24

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