Tilt table study at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
3999 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1609189604
$1,428.00
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.
$1,904.00
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.
$353.04 with Cigna vs $2,758.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $353.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $363.63 | ↓ -75% |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $370.69 | ↓ -74% |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $370.69 | ↓ -74% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $420.78 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $494.85 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $562.09 | ↓ -61% |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $635.46 | ↓ -56% |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $635.46 | ↓ -56% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $761.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $875.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $875.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $875.84 | ↓ -39% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $900.00 | ↓ -37% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $913.92 | ↓ -36% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $952.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $952.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $952.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Anthem | Pathway Commercial | $1,022.45 | ↓ -28% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $1,047.20 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $1,056.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Anthem | Commercial | $1,127.17 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | $1,136.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | OPN Commercial | $1,142.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Anthem | Traditional | $1,210.94 | ↓ -15% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $1,237.60 | ↓ -13% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $1,237.60 | ↓ -13% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $1,256.64 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,269.97 | ↓ -11% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | Commercial | $1,332.80 | ↓ -7% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $1,523.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $1,523.20 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,580.32 | ↑ +11% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $1,618.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $1,637.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $1,713.60 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $1,713.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $1,713.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $2,758.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $2,758.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $2,758.00 | ↑ +93% |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Tilt table study at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $1,428.00 | $353.04 – $1,713.60 |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $3,066.60 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $695.30 | $841.20 – $1,121.60 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $2,523.95 | $1.10 – $2,745.90 |
| akron general | Akron | $2,523.95 | $1.10 – $2,745.90 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $1,983.15 | $92.40 – $2,745.90 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $1,983.15 | $94.67 – $2,745.90 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $1,983.15 | $88.94 – $2,745.90 |