App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center

25501 Chagrin Boulevard, Beachwood, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1841789427

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$2,978.25

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.

$3,971.00

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.

$900.00 with SummaCare vs $4,943.91 with Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA — 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
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -70%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,588.40 ↓ -47%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,826.66 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,826.66 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,826.66 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $1,906.08 ↓ -36%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,952.02 ↓ -34%
Immergrun Commercial $1,985.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,985.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,985.50 ↓ -33%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $2,010.58 ↓ -32%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,049.62 ↓ -31%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $2,049.62 ↓ -31%
AultCare Commercial $2,184.05 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,581.15 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,581.15 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $2,636.74 ↓ -11%
Beech Street Commercial $3,176.80 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,176.80 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $3,295.93 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,375.35 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,415.06 ↑ +15%
CareSource Marketplace $3,513.64 ↑ +18%
Ambetter Commercial $3,513.64 ↑ +18%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,573.90 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,573.90 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,573.90 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $3,804.78 ↑ +28%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $4,449.52 ↑ +49%
Cigna Commercial $4,473.50 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,934.69 ↑ +66%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $4,943.91 ↑ +66%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $4,943.91 ↑ +66%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $4,943.91 ↑ +66%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $2,978.25 $877.59 – $3,573.90
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $5,681.40 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $5,681.40 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $5,681.40 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $5,681.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $5,681.40 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $3,141.00 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $2,157.80 $2,480.44 – $3,350.27

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