Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets 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

$408.75

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.

$545.00

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.

$50.00 with United Healthcare vs $523.35 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
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $50.00 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.00 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $81.99 ↓ -80%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $148.40 ↓ -64%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $150.63 ↓ -63%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $167.32 ↓ -59%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $170.66 ↓ -58%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $170.66 ↓ -58%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $170.66 ↓ -58%
JP Farley Commercial $178.08 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $184.02 ↓ -55%
Immergrun Commercial $185.50 ↓ -55%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $185.50 ↓ -55%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $185.50 ↓ -55%
SummaCare Commercial $189.21 ↓ -54%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $199.23 ↓ -51%
AultCare Commercial $204.05 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO Commercial $205.91 ↓ -50%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $218.06 ↓ -47%
Anthem Commercial $219.63 ↓ -46%
Cigna OAP Commercial $221.49 ↓ -46%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $224.60 ↓ -45%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $228.96 ↓ -44%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $228.96 ↓ -44%
Anthem Traditional $235.96 ↓ -42%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $241.15 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Commercial $241.15 ↓ -41%
The Health Plan Commercial $244.86 ↓ -40%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $259.70 ↓ -36%
Beech Street Commercial $296.80 ↓ -27%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $296.80 ↓ -27%
First Health Commercial $307.93 ↓ -25%
Century Health Network Commercial $315.35 ↓ -23%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $319.06 ↓ -22%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $333.90 ↓ -18%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $333.90 ↓ -18%
MultiPlan Commercial $333.90 ↓ -18%
CareSource Marketplace $392.51 ↓ -4%
Ambetter Commercial $392.51 ↓ -4%
Aetna OPN Commercial $471.02 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial $523.35 ↑ +28%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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