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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

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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.

$170.25 with Aetna vs $306.44 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $170.25
Anthem Commercial $170.25
Anthem Medicare Advantage $170.25
Cigna Medicare Advantage $170.25
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $170.25
Humana Medicare Advantage $170.25
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $170.25
Molina Medicare Advantage $170.25
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $170.25
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $170.25
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $170.25
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $170.25
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $170.25
Paramount Medicare Advantage $175.35
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $178.76
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $178.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $241.75
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $268.99
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $268.99
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $268.99
Ambetter Commercial $306.44
CareSource Marketplace $306.44

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood not published $170.25 – $306.44
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $676.00 $0.01 – $157.50
akron general Akron $676.00 $0.01 – $211.15
avon hospital Avon $113.10 $0.01 – $156.60
euclid hospital Euclid $113.10 $0.01 – $156.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $113.10 $0.01 – $211.15
lutheran hospital Cleveland $113.10 $0.01 – $211.15
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $113.10 $0.01 – $156.60

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