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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit 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

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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.

$265.19 with Aetna vs $998.28 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $265.19
Anthem Medicare Advantage $265.19
Cigna Medicare Advantage $265.19
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $265.19
Humana Medicare Advantage $265.19
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $265.19
Molina Medicare Advantage $265.19
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $265.19
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $265.19
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $265.19
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $265.19
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $265.19
Paramount Medicare Advantage $273.15
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $278.45
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $278.45
Ambetter Commercial $477.34
CareSource Marketplace $477.34
Aetna Commercial $998.28

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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva not published $998.28 – $998.28
University Hospitals St. John Medical Center Westlake OH not published $998.28 – $998.28
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road not published $265.19 – $477.34
University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Ravenna OH 44266 not published $265.19 – $477.34
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road not published $265.19 – $477.34

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