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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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.

$227.52 with Aetna vs $409.54 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 $227.52
Anthem Commercial $227.52
Anthem Medicare Advantage $227.52
Cigna Medicare Advantage $227.52
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $227.52
Humana Medicare Advantage $227.52
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $227.52
Molina Medicare Advantage $227.52
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $227.52
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $227.52
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $227.52
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $227.52
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $227.52
Paramount Medicare Advantage $234.35
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $238.90
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $238.90
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $323.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $359.49
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $359.49
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $359.49
Ambetter Commercial $409.54
CareSource Marketplace $409.54

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood not published $227.52 – $409.54
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $910.00 $1.10 – $644.40
akron general Akron $910.00 $0.01 – $280.16
avon hospital Avon $152.75 $0.01 – $211.50
euclid hospital Euclid $152.75 $0.01 – $211.50
fairview hospital Cleveland $152.75 $0.01 – $280.16
lutheran hospital Cleveland $152.75 $0.01 – $280.16
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $152.75 $0.01 – $211.50

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