Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
3999 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1609189604
$3,913.50
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.
$5,218.00
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.
$900.00 with SummaCare vs $8,271.00 with Medical Mutual of Ohio — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SummaCare | Commercial | $900.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $1,153.18 | ↓ -71% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $1,857.44 | ↓ -53% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $2,400.28 | ↓ -39% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $2,400.28 | ↓ -39% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $2,400.28 | ↓ -39% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $2,504.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $2,609.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $2,609.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $2,609.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | $2,690.00 | ↓ -31% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $2,869.90 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $2,895.99 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | OPN Commercial | $3,241.41 | ↓ -17% |
| Anthem | Traditional | $3,318.65 | ↓ -15% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $3,391.70 | ↓ -13% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $3,391.70 | ↓ -13% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $3,443.88 | ↓ -12% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | Commercial | $3,652.60 | ↓ -7% |
| Anthem | Commercial | $3,659.00 | ↓ -7% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,704.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,710.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $3,815.43 | ↓ -3% |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $3,889.52 | ↓ -1% |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $3,889.52 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $3,972.41 | ↑ +2% |
| Anthem | Pathway Commercial | $4,066.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $4,174.40 | ↑ +7% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $4,174.40 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial | $4,330.94 | ↑ +11% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $4,435.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $4,487.48 | ↑ +15% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,514.53 | ↑ +15% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $4,696.20 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $4,696.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $4,696.20 | ↑ +20% |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $6,667.74 | ↑ +70% |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $6,667.74 | ↑ +70% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $8,271.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $8,271.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $8,271.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $3,913.50 | $900.00 – $9,381.95 |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $13,227.60 | $3,815.67 – $3,891.98 |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $24,937.47 | $3,881.91 – $3,959.55 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,671.80 | $1.10 – $3,704.30 |
| akron general | Akron | $1,671.80 | $1.10 – $3,821.23 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $1,671.80 | $1.10 – $3,815.43 |
| University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | $3,998.25 | not published |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $3,913.50 | $3,704.30 – $6,667.74 |