Sickling rbc 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

$90.75

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.

$121.00

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.

$2.77 with Anthem vs $81.00 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 $2.77 ↓ -97%
Anthem Commercial $2.77 ↓ -97%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.51 ↓ -94%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5.68 ↓ -94%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.79 ↓ -94%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.79 ↓ -94%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $7.68 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Commercial $9.92 ↓ -89%
CareSource Marketplace $9.92 ↓ -89%
Aetna OPN Commercial $11.91 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $13.23 ↓ -85%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $19.89 ↓ -78%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $36.54 ↓ -60%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $40.59 ↓ -55%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $41.40 ↓ -54%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $41.40 ↓ -54%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $41.40 ↓ -54%
JP Farley Commercial $43.20 ↓ -52%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $44.64 ↓ -51%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $45.00 ↓ -50%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $45.00 ↓ -50%
Immergrun Commercial $45.00 ↓ -50%
SummaCare Commercial $45.90 ↓ -49%
AultCare Commercial $49.50 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO Commercial $49.95 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $50.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna OAP Commercial $53.73 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.00 ↓ -37%
Anthem Traditional $57.24 ↓ -37%
HealthSmart Commercial $58.50 ↓ -36%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $58.50 ↓ -36%
The Health Plan Commercial $59.40 ↓ -35%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $63.00 ↓ -31%
Beech Street Commercial $72.00 ↓ -21%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $72.00 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial $74.70 ↓ -18%
Century Health Network Commercial $76.50 ↓ -16%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $77.40 ↓ -15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $81.00 ↓ -11%
MultiPlan Commercial $81.00 ↓ -11%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $81.00 ↓ -11%
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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