Nushield 1 square 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

$501.00

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.

$668.00

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.

$40.29 with Anthem vs $297.63 with United Healthcare — 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
Anthem Commercial $40.29 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $40.29 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $40.29 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $40.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial $40.29 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $40.29 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial $41.50 ↓ -92%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $42.35 ↓ -92%
AultCare Commercial $42.35 ↓ -92%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $55.66 ↓ -89%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $55.66 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $55.66 ↓ -89%
JP Farley Commercial $58.08 ↓ -88%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $60.50 ↓ -88%
Immergrun Commercial $60.50 ↓ -88%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $60.50 ↓ -88%
SummaCare Commercial $61.71 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart Commercial $78.65 ↓ -84%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $78.65 ↓ -84%
Beech Street Commercial $96.80 ↓ -81%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $96.80 ↓ -81%
First Health Commercial $100.43 ↓ -80%
Century Health Network Commercial $102.85 ↓ -79%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $104.06 ↓ -79%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $108.90 ↓ -78%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $108.90 ↓ -78%
MultiPlan Commercial $108.90 ↓ -78%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $117.73 ↓ -77%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $121.27 ↓ -76%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $123.62 ↓ -75%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $123.62 ↓ -75%
Ambetter Commercial $211.92 ↓ -58%
CareSource Marketplace $211.92 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $297.63 ↓ -41%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Nushield 1 square cm at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $501.00 $26.74 – $211.92
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $3,904.84 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $3,904.84 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $3,904.84 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $3,904.84 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $3,904.84 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $7,880.34 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $1,060.30 $93.93 – $1,646.26

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