Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
3999 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1609189604
$8.37
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.
$11.16
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.
$1.74 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $22.41 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 |
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| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $1.74 | ↓ -79% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $3.15 | ↓ -62% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $3.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $3.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $3.62 | ↓ -57% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $3.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $3.94 | ↓ -53% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $3.94 | ↓ -53% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $3.94 | ↓ -53% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $4.01 | ↓ -52% |
| Anthem | Pathway Commercial | $4.23 | ↓ -49% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $4.33 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $4.37 | ↓ -48% |
| Anthem | Commercial | $4.66 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $4.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | $4.70 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | OPN Commercial | $4.72 | ↓ -44% |
| Anthem | Traditional | $5.01 | ↓ -40% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $5.12 | ↓ -39% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $5.12 | ↓ -39% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $5.19 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $5.25 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5.31 | ↓ -37% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | Commercial | $5.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $6.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $6.30 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | Commercial | $6.53 | ↓ -22% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $6.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $6.77 | ↓ -19% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $7.08 | ↓ -15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $7.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $7.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $18.33 | ↑ +119% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $20.37 | ↑ +143% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $22.41 | ↑ +168% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | 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 (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | 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 | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $8.37 | $3.15 – $7.08 |
| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $6.06 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $6.48 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $6.48 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $6.48 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $6.48 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $16.80 | not published |
| akron general | Akron | $7.14 | $1.54 – $9.29 |