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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at University Hospitals St. John Medical Center
29000 Center Ridge Road, Westlake OH, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1841264868
$22.19
Cash price 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.
$29.58
Gross charge 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.
$4.83 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $19.25 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $4.83 | ↓ -78% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $5.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $5.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $6.24 | ↓ -72% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $7.89 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $8.95 | ↓ -60% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $9.07 | ↓ -59% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $9.07 | ↓ -59% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $9.07 | ↓ -59% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $9.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Anthem | Commercial | $9.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $9.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $9.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $9.86 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9.94 | ↓ -55% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $9.96 | ↓ -55% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $10.06 | ↓ -55% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $10.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $10.94 | ↓ -51% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $12.82 | ↓ -42% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $12.82 | ↓ -42% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $13.02 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $13.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | Commercial | $13.80 | ↓ -38% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $15.78 | ↓ -29% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $15.78 | ↓ -29% |
| First Health | Commercial | $16.37 | ↓ -26% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $16.76 | ↓ -24% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $16.96 | ↓ -24% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $17.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $17.75 | ↓ -20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $17.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | $19.25 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $22.19 | $3.94 – $17.75 |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center | Ashland | $22.19 | $7.40 – $34.74 |