Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$60.75

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.

$81.00

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.

$5.45 with Cigna vs $72.90 with MultiPlan — 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
Cigna Commercial $5.45 ↓ -91%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Anthem Commercial $11.54 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.70 ↓ -81%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $11.89 ↓ -80%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↓ -80%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↓ -80%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $14.22 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $16.39 ↓ -73%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $18.23 ↓ -70%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $18.23 ↓ -70%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $18.23 ↓ -70%
Ambetter Commercial $20.77 ↓ -66%
CareSource Marketplace $20.77 ↓ -66%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $37.26 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $37.26 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $37.26 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $38.88 ↓ -36%
Immergrun Commercial $40.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $40.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $40.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $41.31 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $44.55 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Commercial $52.65 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $52.65 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $53.78 ↓ -11%
Beech Street Commercial $64.80 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $64.80 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $67.23 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $68.85 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $69.66 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $72.90 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $72.90 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $72.90 ↑ +20%
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 —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $60.75 $11.54 – $72.90
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Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $181.80 not published
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