Cystatin c 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

$78.75

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.

$105.00

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.

$6.65 with Anthem vs $62.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $6.65 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $12.01 ↓ -85%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $14.90 ↓ -81%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $16.56 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $18.23 ↓ -77%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.52 ↓ -76%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $19.08 ↓ -76%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $19.45 ↓ -75%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $19.45 ↓ -75%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $20.93 ↓ -73%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $22.54 ↓ -71%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $22.54 ↓ -71%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $22.54 ↓ -71%
JP Farley Commercial $23.03 ↓ -71%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $24.50 ↓ -69%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $24.50 ↓ -69%
Immergrun Commercial $24.50 ↓ -69%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $24.75 ↓ -69%
SummaCare Commercial $24.99 ↓ -68%
AultCare Commercial $26.95 ↓ -66%
Cigna PPO Commercial $27.20 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Commercial $31.85 ↓ -60%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $31.85 ↓ -60%
The Health Plan Commercial $32.34 ↓ -59%
Ambetter Commercial $33.34 ↓ -58%
CareSource Marketplace $33.34 ↓ -58%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $34.30 ↓ -56%
Cigna OAP Commercial $39.13 ↓ -50%
Beech Street Commercial $39.20 ↓ -50%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $39.20 ↓ -50%
First Health Commercial $40.67 ↓ -48%
Century Health Network Commercial $41.65 ↓ -47%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $42.14 ↓ -46%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $44.10 ↓ -44%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $44.10 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan Commercial $44.10 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $44.46 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $56.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $62.00 ↓ -21%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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