Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox 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

$858.00

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.

$1,144.00

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.

$8.41 with Anthem vs $214.20 with Fortified Provider Network — 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 Pathway Commercial $8.41 ↓ -99%
Anthem Commercial $8.41 ↓ -99%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -98%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $17.62 ↓ -98%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $17.97 ↓ -98%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.97 ↓ -98%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $22.43 ↓ -97%
CareSource Marketplace $30.80 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Commercial $30.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna OPN Commercial $36.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial $41.07 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $50.00 ↓ -94%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $52.60 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.00 ↓ -93%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $96.63 ↓ -89%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $107.34 ↓ -87%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $109.48 ↓ -87%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $109.48 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $109.48 ↓ -87%
JP Farley Commercial $114.24 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $118.05 ↓ -86%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $119.00 ↓ -86%
Immergrun Commercial $119.00 ↓ -86%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $119.00 ↓ -86%
SummaCare Commercial $121.38 ↓ -86%
AultCare Commercial $130.90 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO Commercial $132.09 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP Commercial $142.09 ↓ -83%
Anthem Traditional $151.37 ↓ -82%
HealthSmart Commercial $154.70 ↓ -82%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $154.70 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Commercial $157.08 ↓ -82%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $166.60 ↓ -81%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $190.40 ↓ -78%
Beech Street Commercial $190.40 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial $197.54 ↓ -77%
Century Health Network Commercial $202.30 ↓ -76%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $204.68 ↓ -76%
MultiPlan Commercial $214.20 ↓ -75%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $214.20 ↓ -75%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $214.20 ↓ -75%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina 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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