Assay of methemalbumin 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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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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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.

$6.70 with ANTHEM vs $166.39 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 $6.70 —
ANTHEM HPN $8.29 —
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $9.39 —
Paramount Managed Medicaid $10.18 —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $10.37 —
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $10.37 —
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $10.37 —
UNITED Managed Medicaid $10.57 —
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $10.57 —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $10.74 —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $10.74 —
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $10.74 —
Valor HMO & PPO $10.74 —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.74 —
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $10.87 —
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $11.06 —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.06 —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.28 —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.60 —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $11.60 —
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $11.81 —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $11.81 —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $18.83 —
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $21.48 —
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $24.17 —
AETNA International $24.19 —
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $166.39 —

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Assay of methemalbumin at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $173.08 $5.30 – $233.83
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $48.10 $1.10 – $66.60
Springfield Medical Center Springfield $91.20 not published
Urbana Hospital Urbana $105.60 not published
akron general Akron not published $9.33 – $179.72
avon hospital Avon not published $9.75 – $166.39
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $16.33 – $18.91
euclid hospital Euclid not published $9.75 – $166.39

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