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Echo exam of eye 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.

$60.70 with Aetna vs $466.11 with Cigna — 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 OPN Commercial $60.70
Aetna Commercial $67.44
Anthem Medicare Advantage $98.91
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $98.91
Aetna Medicare Advantage $98.91
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $98.91
Molina Medicare Advantage $98.91
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $98.91
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $98.91
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $98.91
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $98.91
Cigna Medicare Advantage $98.91
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $98.91
Humana Medicare Advantage $98.91
Paramount Medicare Advantage $101.88
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $103.85
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $103.85
CareSource Marketplace $178.03
Ambetter Commercial $178.03
Cigna OAP Commercial $466.11

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Echo exam of eye at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $591.50 $1.10 – $660.60
akron general Akron not published $77.56 – $108.80
avon hospital Avon not published $83.17 – $108.80
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $135.80 – $157.25
euclid hospital Euclid not published $85.22 – $108.80
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $80.06 – $108.80
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $76.22 – $108.80
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $83.41 – $108.80

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