Pyruvate kinase 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

$252.75

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.

$337.00

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.

$5.03 with Anthem vs $242.10 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 $5.03 ↓ -98%
Anthem Commercial $5.03 ↓ -98%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↓ -96%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $9.72 ↓ -96%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $9.91 ↓ -96%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $9.91 ↓ -96%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $13.18 ↓ -95%
CareSource Marketplace $16.99 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Commercial $16.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna OPN Commercial $20.39 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial $22.65 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.00 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $59.45 ↓ -76%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $109.21 ↓ -57%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $121.32 ↓ -52%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $123.74 ↓ -51%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $123.74 ↓ -51%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $123.74 ↓ -51%
JP Farley Commercial $129.12 ↓ -49%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $133.42 ↓ -47%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $134.50 ↓ -47%
Immergrun Commercial $134.50 ↓ -47%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $134.50 ↓ -47%
SummaCare Commercial $137.19 ↓ -46%
AultCare Commercial $147.95 ↓ -41%
Cigna PPO Commercial $149.30 ↓ -41%
Cigna OAP Commercial $160.59 ↓ -36%
Anthem Traditional $171.08 ↓ -32%
HealthSmart Commercial $174.85 ↓ -31%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $174.85 ↓ -31%
The Health Plan Commercial $177.54 ↓ -30%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $188.30 ↓ -25%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $215.20 ↓ -15%
Beech Street Commercial $215.20 ↓ -15%
First Health Commercial $223.27 ↓ -12%
Century Health Network Commercial $228.65 ↓ -10%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $231.34 ↓ -8%
MultiPlan Commercial $242.10 ↓ -4%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $242.10 ↓ -4%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $242.10 ↓ -4%
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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