Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at University Hospitals St. John Medical Center

29000 Center Ridge Road, Westlake OH, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1841264868

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

$61.50

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.

$82.00

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.

$7.94 with Anthem vs $73.80 with MultiPlan — 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 $7.94 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.00 ↓ -72%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $17.51 ↓ -72%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -71%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -71%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $20.09 ↓ -67%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $23.40 ↓ -62%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $24.93 ↓ -59%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $27.72 ↓ -55%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $30.50 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Commercial $30.60 ↓ -50%
CareSource Marketplace $30.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP Commercial $35.91 ↓ -42%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $37.72 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $37.72 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $37.72 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $38.54 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial $40.80 ↓ -34%
Immergrun Commercial $41.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $41.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $41.00 ↓ -33%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $41.41 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $41.82 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $45.10 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $45.51 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Commercial $53.30 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $53.30 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $54.12 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $56.00 ↓ -9%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $57.40 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $62.00 ↑ +1%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $65.60 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $65.60 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $68.06 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $69.70 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $70.52 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $73.80 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $73.80 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $73.80 ↑ +20%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina 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 —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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