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Culture urine each isolate 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.

$8.09 with WellCare by AllWell vs $19.41 with Aetna — 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 $8.09
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.09
Cigna Medicare Advantage $8.09
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $8.09
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.09
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $8.09
Molina Medicare Advantage $8.09
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.09
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $8.09
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.09
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.09
Anthem Medicare Advantage $8.09
Paramount Medicare Advantage $8.33
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $8.49
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $8.49
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $9.54
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $9.54
CareSource Marketplace $14.56
Ambetter Commercial $14.56
Aetna OPN Commercial $17.47
Aetna Commercial $19.41

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Culture urine each isolate at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $36.40 $1.10 – $50.40
akron general Akron $36.40 $0.95 – $50.40
avon hospital Avon $36.40 $0.95 – $50.40
euclid hospital Euclid $36.40 $0.95 – $50.40
fairview hospital Cleveland $36.40 $0.95 – $50.40
lutheran hospital Cleveland $36.40 $0.95 – $50.40
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $36.40 $0.95 – $50.40
lodi hospital Lodi $36.40 $4.17 – $50.40

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