Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center

870 West Main Street, Geneva, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1225128432

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,317.00

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.

$1,756.00

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.

$351.20 with Humana vs $2,623.00 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Wellcare by Allwell Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $351.20 ↓ -73%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $361.74 ↓ -73%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $368.76 ↓ -72%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $368.76 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Commercial $632.16 ↓ -52%
CareSource Marketplace $632.16 ↓ -52%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $702.40 ↓ -47%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $807.76 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $807.76 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $807.76 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $825.32 ↓ -37%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $878.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $878.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $878.00 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $895.56 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $965.80 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $974.58 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,141.40 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,141.40 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,158.96 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,229.20 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,327.99 ↑ +1%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $1,404.80 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $1,404.80 ↑ +7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $1,417.09 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $1,457.48 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $1,492.60 ↑ +13%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $1,499.62 ↑ +14%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $1,499.62 ↑ +14%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $1,503.14 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $1,510.16 ↑ +15%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $1,540.01 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $1,580.40 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $1,580.40 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $1,580.40 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $1,580.40 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $1,664.69 ↑ +26%
Cigna OAP Commercial $2,035.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial $2,623.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye 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 —

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $1,290.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $2,904.00 $611.32 – $623.55
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