Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$9,145.50

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.

$12,194.00

Gross charge

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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 $17,386.96 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.

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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 ↓ -90%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $4,877.60 ↓ -47%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $5,609.24 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $5,609.24 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $5,609.24 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $5,853.12 ↓ -36%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $6,097.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $6,097.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $6,097.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $6,379.00 ↓ -30%
AultCare Commercial $6,706.70 ↓ -27%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,864.94 ↓ -25%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $7,070.89 ↓ -23%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $7,208.19 ↓ -21%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $7,208.19 ↓ -21%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $7,926.10 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $7,926.10 ↓ -13%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $9,755.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $9,755.20 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $10,121.02 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $10,364.90 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $10,486.84 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $10,974.60 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $10,974.60 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $10,974.60 ↑ +20%
Ambetter Commercial $12,356.89 ↑ +35%
CareSource Marketplace $12,356.89 ↑ +35%
Anthem Commercial $13,380.82 ↑ +46%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $15,648.26 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial $15,732.60 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Commercial $17,354.52 ↑ +90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $17,386.96 ↑ +90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $17,386.96 ↑ +90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $17,386.96 ↑ +90%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $9,145.50 $900.00 – $12,356.89
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $14,446.20 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $14,446.20 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $14,446.20 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $14,446.20 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $14,446.20 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $38,076.53 $7,194.09 – $7,337.97
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $21,359.65 $0.01 – $29,574.90

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