Immunodiffusion nes 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

$189.75

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.

$253.00

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.

$6.64 with Anthem vs $184.50 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 $6.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -93%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $14.47 ↓ -92%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $14.75 ↓ -92%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $14.75 ↓ -92%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $19.59 ↓ -90%
CareSource Marketplace $25.29 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial $25.29 ↓ -87%
Cigna OAP Commercial $29.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $33.72 ↓ -82%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $50.23 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $56.00 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $62.00 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $62.32 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $69.29 ↓ -63%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $76.26 ↓ -60%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $94.30 ↓ -50%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $94.30 ↓ -50%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $94.30 ↓ -50%
JP Farley Commercial $96.35 ↓ -49%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $102.50 ↓ -46%
Immergrun Commercial $102.50 ↓ -46%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $102.50 ↓ -46%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $103.53 ↓ -45%
SummaCare Commercial $104.55 ↓ -45%
AultCare Commercial $112.75 ↓ -41%
Cigna PPO Commercial $113.78 ↓ -40%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $133.25 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Commercial $133.25 ↓ -30%
The Health Plan Commercial $135.30 ↓ -29%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $143.50 ↓ -24%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $164.00 ↓ -14%
Beech Street Commercial $164.00 ↓ -14%
First Health Commercial $170.15 ↓ -10%
Century Health Network Commercial $174.25 ↓ -8%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $176.30 ↓ -7%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $184.50 ↓ -3%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $184.50 ↓ -3%
MultiPlan Commercial $184.50 ↓ -3%
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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Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $30.60 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $30.60 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $30.60 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $30.60 not published
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