Assay of galactose at University Hospitals Parma Medical Center

7007 Powers Boulevard, Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1164481677

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

$426.75

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.

$569.00

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.

$6.26 with Anthem vs $512.10 with Ohio Health Choice — 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 Commercial $6.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.20 ↓ -97%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -97%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -97%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Commercial $20.16 ↓ -95%
CareSource Marketplace $20.16 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial $26.88 ↓ -94%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $172.98 ↓ -59%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $197.44 ↓ -54%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $219.63 ↓ -49%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $241.83 ↓ -43%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $261.74 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $261.74 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $261.74 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $273.12 ↓ -36%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $284.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $284.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $284.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $290.19 ↓ -32%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $308.40 ↓ -28%
AultCare Commercial $312.95 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $315.80 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Commercial $369.85 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $369.85 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $375.54 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $398.30 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $455.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $455.20 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $472.27 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $483.65 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $489.34 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $512.10 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $512.10 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $512.10 ↑ +20%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna OAP Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Assay of galactose at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $222.60 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $50.05 $5.53 – $69.30
avon hospital Avon $50.05 $0.95 – $69.30
euclid hospital Euclid $50.05 $0.95 – $69.30
fairview hospital Cleveland $50.05 $0.95 – $69.30
lutheran hospital Cleveland $50.05 $0.95 – $69.30
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $50.05 $0.95 – $69.30
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $50.05 $0.95 – $69.30

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