Event monitor 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

$330.00

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.

$440.00

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.

$38.13 with WellCare by AllWell vs $396.00 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -88%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $39.27 ↓ -88%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $40.04 ↓ -88%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $40.04 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial $68.63 ↓ -79%
CareSource Marketplace $68.63 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $107.80 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $133.76 ↓ -59%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $148.72 ↓ -55%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $163.68 ↓ -50%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $176.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $199.76 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $202.40 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $202.40 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $202.40 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $206.80 ↓ -37%
Anthem Commercial $206.80 ↓ -37%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $220.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $220.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $220.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $221.76 ↓ -33%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $222.20 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $224.40 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $242.00 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $244.20 ↓ -26%
Cigna OAP Commercial $262.68 ↓ -20%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $286.00 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $286.00 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $290.40 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $293.48 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $308.00 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $352.00 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $352.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $365.20 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $374.00 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $378.40 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $396.00 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $396.00 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $396.00 ↑ +20%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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