Pentobarbital sodium inj 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

$3,170.80

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.

$4,227.73

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.

$36.84 with WellCare by AllWell vs $3,767.90 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -99%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $37.94 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $37.97 ↓ -99%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $38.68 ↓ -99%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $38.68 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $42.19 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $46.42 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Commercial $66.31 ↓ -98%
CareSource Marketplace $66.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP Commercial $188.58 ↓ -94%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $1,025.71 ↓ -68%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,674.62 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,900.70 ↓ -40%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,925.82 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,925.82 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,925.82 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $1,967.68 ↓ -38%
Anthem Commercial $1,967.68 ↓ -38%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $2,093.28 ↓ -34%
Immergrun Commercial $2,093.28 ↓ -34%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $2,093.28 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,110.03 ↓ -33%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $2,114.21 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $2,135.15 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $2,302.61 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $2,323.54 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,721.26 ↓ -14%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,721.26 ↓ -14%
The Health Plan Commercial $2,763.13 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $2,792.44 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $2,930.59 ↓ -8%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,349.25 ↑ +6%
Beech Street Commercial $3,349.25 ↑ +6%
First Health Commercial $3,474.84 ↑ +10%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,558.58 ↑ +12%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,600.44 ↑ +14%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,767.90 ↑ +19%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,767.90 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,767.90 ↑ +19%
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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