Blood draw capillary 36416 at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center

3999 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1609189604

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$18.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$5.30 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $57.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $5.30 ↓ -71%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $6.50 ↓ -64%
Anthem Commercial $6.50 ↓ -64%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $9.60 ↓ -47%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $9.74 ↓ -46%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $10.82 ↓ -40%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $11.04 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $11.04 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $11.04 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $11.52 ↓ -36%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $11.90 ↓ -34%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $12.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $12.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $12.00 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $12.24 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $13.20 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $13.32 ↓ -26%
Cigna OAP Commercial $14.33 ↓ -20%
Aetna OPN Commercial $14.40 ↓ -20%
Anthem Traditional $15.26 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Commercial $15.60 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $15.60 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $15.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $16.01 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $16.80 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $19.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $19.20 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $19.92 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $20.40 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $20.64 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $21.60 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $21.60 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $21.60 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $50.00 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.00 ↑ +217%
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Paramount Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ambetter Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
CareSource Marketplace not published by hospital —
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Blood draw capillary 36416 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $18.00 $2.32 – $21.60
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $22.80 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $16.80 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $13.89 $1.15 – $21.56
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $31.20 $1.10 – $43.20
akron general Akron $31.20 $0.01 – $43.20
avon hospital Avon $31.20 $2.25 – $43.20
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland $31.20 $3.67 – $43.20

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