Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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

$135.75

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.

$181.00

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.

$6.98 with Anthem vs $162.90 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 $6.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -90%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $13.59 ↓ -90%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $13.85 ↓ -90%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $13.85 ↓ -90%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $18.40 ↓ -86%
CareSource Marketplace $23.74 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial $23.74 ↓ -83%
Cigna OAP Commercial $27.85 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $31.65 ↓ -77%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $44.35 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $55.02 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $56.00 ↓ -59%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $61.18 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Commercial $62.00 ↓ -54%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $67.33 ↓ -50%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $83.26 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $83.26 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $83.26 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $85.07 ↓ -37%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $90.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $90.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $90.50 ↓ -33%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $91.41 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $92.31 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $99.55 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $100.46 ↓ -26%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $117.65 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $117.65 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $119.46 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $126.70 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $144.80 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $144.80 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $150.23 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $153.85 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $155.66 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $162.90 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $162.90 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $162.90 ↑ +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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