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Tilt table study at medina hospital
1000 East Washington Street, Medina, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1083696710
$1,983.15
Cash price 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.
$3,051.00
Gross charge 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.
$86.72 with OPTUM vs $3,051.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $86.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Paramount | Managed Medicaid | $94.02 | ↓ -95% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $95.84 | ↓ -95% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $95.84 | ↓ -95% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $95.84 | ↓ -95% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $97.67 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $97.67 | ↓ -95% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $100.41 | ↓ -95% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $237.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $353.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $353.04 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $353.04 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $353.04 | ↓ -82% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $353.04 | ↓ -82% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $353.04 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $363.63 | ↓ -82% |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $370.69 | ↓ -81% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $381.28 | ↓ -81% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $388.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $388.34 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $491.89 | ↓ -75% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $491.89 | ↓ -75% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $491.89 | ↓ -75% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $491.89 | ↓ -75% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO | $491.89 | ↓ -75% |
| OPTUM | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $491.89 | ↓ -75% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage PPO | $506.64 | ↓ -74% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $531.24 | ↓ -73% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $810.01 | ↓ -59% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $810.92 | ↓ -59% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $862.82 | ↓ -56% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $976.32 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $976.32 | ↓ -51% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,031.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $1,067.85 | ↓ -46% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $1,162.43 | ↓ -41% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,372.95 | ↓ -31% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $1,382.10 | ↓ -30% |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,440.07 | ↓ -27% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,482.79 | ↓ -25% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,525.50 | ↓ -23% |
| MMO | NASCO | $1,595.67 | ↓ -20% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $1,595.67 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $1,647.54 | ↓ -17% |
| HEALTHSMART | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,678.05 | ↓ -15% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $1,701.54 | ↓ -14% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $1,726.87 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA | Acop | $1,830.60 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,830.60 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,845.86 | ↓ -7% |
| AETNA | International | $1,958.74 | ↓ -1% |
| Quality Care Partners | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,135.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $2,135.70 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $2,135.70 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,135.70 | ↑ +8% |
| The Health Plan | Secure Care | $2,135.70 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,288.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,288.25 | ↑ +15% |
| The Health Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,684.88 | ↑ +35% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $2,745.90 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $2,745.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $2,745.90 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,745.90 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $3,051.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tilt table study at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $2,523.95 | $1.10 – $2,745.90 |
| akron general | Akron | $2,523.95 | $1.10 – $2,745.90 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $1,983.15 | $92.40 – $2,745.90 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $1,983.15 | $94.67 – $2,745.90 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $1,983.15 | $88.94 – $2,745.90 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $1,983.15 | $84.67 – $2,745.90 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $1,983.15 | $92.66 – $2,745.90 |
| marymount hospital | Garfield Heights | $1,983.15 | $83.60 – $2,745.90 |