Endoscopic Ultrasound exam esoph 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

$3,226.50

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.

$4,302.00

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.

$900.00 with SummaCare vs $3,963.00 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.

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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
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -72%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $950.74 ↓ -71%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -44%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,857.44 ↓ -42%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,869.90 ↓ -42%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,906.21 ↓ -41%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,906.21 ↓ -41%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,978.92 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,978.92 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,978.92 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,988.83 ↓ -38%
JP Farley Commercial $2,064.96 ↓ -36%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $2,151.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $2,151.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $2,151.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,259.89 ↓ -30%
AultCare Commercial $2,366.10 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $2,387.61 ↓ -26%
Cigna OAP Commercial $2,690.00 ↓ -17%
Anthem Traditional $2,736.07 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,796.30 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,796.30 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $2,839.32 ↓ -12%
Anthem Commercial $3,006.00 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $3,011.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna OPN Commercial $3,241.41 ↑ +0%
CareSource Marketplace $3,267.78 ↑ +1%
Ambetter Commercial $3,267.78 ↑ +1%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $3,340.00 ↑ +4%
Beech Street Commercial $3,441.60 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,441.60 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $3,570.66 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,656.70 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,699.72 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial $3,710.00 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,871.80 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,871.80 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,871.80 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,963.00 ↑ +23%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,963.00 ↑ +23%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $3,963.00 ↑ +23%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Endoscopic Ultrasound exam esoph at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $3,226.50 $900.00 – $4,597.98
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $7,155.30 $1,870.01 – $1,907.41
Clermont Hospital Batavia $7,731.30 $1,870.01 – $1,870.01
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Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $10,734.30 $1,902.48 – $1,940.53
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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,671.90 $1.10 – $7,853.40
akron general Akron $992.55 $1.10 – $1,893.00

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