Cefotaxime sodium injection at south pointe hospital

20000 Harvard Road, Warrensville Heights, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1235183542

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

$45.71

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.

$70.32

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.

$5.98 with ANTHEM vs $35.10 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 PPO/HMO $5.98 ↓ -87%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.65 ↓ -83%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $8.76 ↓ -81%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $9.50 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $9.68 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $9.68 ↓ -79%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $9.68 ↓ -79%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $9.87 ↓ -78%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $9.87 ↓ -78%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $9.93 ↓ -78%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $10.14 ↓ -78%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $11.23 ↓ -75%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $11.86 ↓ -74%
Summacare Preferred $12.29 ↓ -73%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $12.99 ↓ -72%
Summacare PREMIER $13.37 ↓ -71%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $14.53 ↓ -68%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $17.06 ↓ -63%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $17.55 ↓ -62%
MMO NASCO $18.36 ↓ -60%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $18.95 ↓ -59%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $19.31 ↓ -58%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $19.67 ↓ -57%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $19.87 ↓ -57%
AETNA Acop $20.93 ↓ -54%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $21.06 ↓ -54%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $21.06 ↓ -54%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $21.50 ↓ -53%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $22.82 ↓ -50%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $24.57 ↓ -46%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $24.57 ↓ -46%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $24.57 ↓ -46%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $25.52 ↓ -44%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $26.33 ↓ -42%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $26.33 ↓ -42%
AETNA International $26.81 ↓ -41%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $28.08 ↓ -39%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $29.84 ↓ -35%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $31.59 ↓ -31%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $31.59 ↓ -31%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $31.59 ↓ -31%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $31.59 ↓ -31%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $31.59 ↓ -31%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $35.10 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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