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Tube drain vert dev st 5-40f 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

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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.

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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.

$16.10 with WellCare by AllWell vs $28.98 with CareSource — 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $16.10
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.10
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $16.10
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.10
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.10
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.10
Anthem Medicare Advantage $16.10
Cigna Medicare Advantage $16.10
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $16.10
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.10
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $16.10
Molina Medicare Advantage $16.10
Paramount Medicare Advantage $16.58
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $16.91
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $16.91
Ambetter Commercial $28.98
CareSource Marketplace $28.98

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Tube drain vert dev st 5-40f at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood not published $16.10 – $28.98
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $9.10 $3.05 – $12.90
akron general Akron not published $8.84 – $10.24
avon hospital Avon not published $9.49 – $9.67
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $15.49 – $17.94
euclid hospital Euclid not published $9.72 – $11.25
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $9.13 – $10.57
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $8.69 – $10.07

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