Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm 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

$468.00

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.

$624.00

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.

$68.59 with WellCare by AllWell vs $561.60 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 $68.59 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $68.59 ↓ -85%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $70.65 ↓ -85%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $72.02 ↓ -85%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $72.02 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial $123.47 ↓ -74%
CareSource Marketplace $123.47 ↓ -74%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $152.88 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $189.70 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP Commercial $200.00 ↓ -57%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $210.91 ↓ -55%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $232.13 ↓ -50%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $249.60 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $283.30 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $287.04 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $287.04 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $287.04 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $293.28 ↓ -37%
Anthem Commercial $293.28 ↓ -37%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $312.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $312.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $312.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $314.50 ↓ -33%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $315.12 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $318.24 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $343.20 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $346.32 ↓ -26%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $405.60 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $405.60 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $411.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $416.21 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $436.80 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $499.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $499.20 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $517.92 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $530.40 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $536.64 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $561.60 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $561.60 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $561.60 ↑ +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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