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Access thoracic lymph duct at University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center

13207 Ravenna Road, Chardon, OH · · · NPI 1669562864

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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.

$250.79 with Aetna vs $517.95 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $250.79
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $250.79
Molina Medicare Advantage $250.79
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $250.79
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $250.79
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $250.79
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $250.79
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $250.79
Anthem Medicare Advantage $250.79
Cigna Medicare Advantage $250.79
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $250.79
Humana Medicare Advantage $250.79
Paramount Medicare Advantage $258.31
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $263.33
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $263.33
CareSource Marketplace $451.42
Ambetter Commercial $451.42
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $455.97
United Healthcare Commercial $517.95

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Access thoracic lymph duct at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,645.55 $1.10 – $6,432.30
akron general Akron $4,645.55 $283.94 – $6,432.30
avon hospital Avon $4,645.55 $304.52 – $6,432.30
euclid hospital Euclid $4,645.55 $311.99 – $6,432.30
fairview hospital Cleveland $4,645.55 $293.09 – $6,432.30
lutheran hospital Cleveland $4,645.55 $279.03 – $6,432.30
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $4,645.55 $305.36 – $6,432.30
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $4,645.55 $275.52 – $6,432.30

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