Pulmonary vent imaging 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

$478.50

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$638.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$293.48 with Amish Aid Community Plan vs $957.92 with Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $293.48 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $293.48 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $293.48 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $306.24 ↓ -36%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $319.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $319.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $319.00 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $325.38 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $350.90 ↓ -27%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $378.21 ↓ -21%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $389.56 ↓ -19%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $397.13 ↓ -17%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $397.13 ↓ -17%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $414.70 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $414.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $423.63 ↓ -11%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $492.30 ↑ +3%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $510.40 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $510.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $529.54 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $542.30 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $548.68 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $574.20 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $574.20 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $574.20 ↑ +20%
Ambetter Commercial $680.79 ↑ +42%
CareSource Marketplace $680.79 ↑ +42%
Anthem Commercial $737.20 ↑ +54%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $862.13 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial $866.77 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Commercial $956.13 ↑ +100%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $957.92 ↑ +100%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $957.92 ↑ +100%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Trad Commercial $957.92 ↑ +100%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Pulmonary vent imaging at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $478.50 $141.00 – $680.79
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $974.40 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $974.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $974.40 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $955.80 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $579.75 $701.40 – $900.13
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,929.85 $1.10 – $2,495.70
akron general Akron $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →