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Cardioassist internal at University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested unknown

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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.

$161.36 with WellCare by AllWell vs $5,490.00 with Medical Mutual of Ohio — 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $161.36
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $161.36
Humana Medicare Advantage $161.36
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $161.36
Molina Medicare Advantage $161.36
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $161.36
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $161.36
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $161.36
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $161.36
Aetna Medicare Advantage $161.36
Anthem Medicare Advantage $161.36
Cigna Medicare Advantage $161.36
Paramount Medicare Advantage $166.20
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $169.42
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $169.42
Ambetter Commercial $290.44
CareSource Marketplace $290.44
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,815.48
United Healthcare Commercial $2,063.43
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $5,490.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $5,490.00

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Cardioassist internal at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $912.60 $1.10 – $2,922.01
akron general Akron not published $2,003.13 – $2,319.42
avon hospital Avon not published $2,148.32 – $2,189.24
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,507.43 – $4,061.23
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,201.01 – $2,548.54
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,067.73 – $2,394.22
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,968.55 – $2,279.38
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,154.26 – $2,494.40

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