Osmolality blood 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

$77.25

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.

$103.00

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.

$3.13 with Anthem vs $92.70 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 $3.13 ↓ -96%
Anthem Commercial $3.13 ↓ -96%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -91%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $6.81 ↓ -91%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $6.94 ↓ -91%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $6.94 ↓ -91%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $9.22 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial $11.90 ↓ -85%
CareSource Marketplace $11.90 ↓ -85%
Aetna OPN Commercial $14.28 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $15.87 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $22.76 ↓ -71%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $41.82 ↓ -46%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $46.45 ↓ -40%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $47.38 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $47.38 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $47.38 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $49.44 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $50.00 ↓ -35%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $51.09 ↓ -34%
Immergrun Commercial $51.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $51.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $51.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $52.53 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $56.65 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna PPO Commercial $57.17 ↓ -26%
Cigna OAP Commercial $61.49 ↓ -20%
Anthem Traditional $65.51 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Commercial $66.95 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $66.95 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $67.98 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $72.10 ↓ -7%
Beech Street Commercial $82.40 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $82.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $85.49 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $87.55 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $88.58 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $92.70 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $92.70 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $92.70 ↑ +20%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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