Culture body fluid 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

$151.50

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.

$202.00

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.

$9.54 with Anthem vs $151.20 with Fortified Provider Network — 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
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $9.54 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $9.54 ↓ -94%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $12.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial $20.70 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Wellcare by Allwell Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $33.60 ↓ -78%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $34.61 ↓ -77%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $35.28 ↓ -77%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $35.28 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Commercial $60.48 ↓ -60%
CareSource Marketplace $60.48 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Commercial $69.00 ↓ -54%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $77.28 ↓ -49%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $77.28 ↓ -49%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $77.28 ↓ -49%
JP Farley Commercial $78.96 ↓ -48%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $84.00 ↓ -45%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $84.00 ↓ -45%
Immergrun Commercial $84.00 ↓ -45%
SummaCare Commercial $85.68 ↓ -43%
AultCare Commercial $92.40 ↓ -39%
Cigna PPO Commercial $93.24 ↓ -38%
Cigna OAP Commercial $100.30 ↓ -34%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $109.20 ↓ -28%
HealthSmart Commercial $109.20 ↓ -28%
The Health Plan Commercial $110.88 ↓ -27%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $117.60 ↓ -22%
Beech Street Commercial $134.40 ↓ -11%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $134.40 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $135.58 ↓ -11%
First Health Commercial $139.44 ↓ -8%
Century Health Network Commercial $142.80 ↓ -6%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $143.47 ↓ -5%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $143.81 ↓ -5%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $144.48 ↓ -5%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $147.34 ↓ -3%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $151.20 ↓ -0%
MultiPlan Commercial $151.20 ↓ -0%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $151.20 ↓ -0%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $151.20 ↓ -0%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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