Removal foreign body foot cmplx 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

$2,117.25

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.

$2,823.00

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.

$691.64 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $3,071.00 with Medical Mutual of Ohio — 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $691.64 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,101.58 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,223.98 ↓ -42%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,298.58 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,298.58 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,298.58 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $1,326.81 ↓ -37%
Immergrun Commercial $1,411.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,411.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,411.50 ↓ -33%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $1,425.62 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $1,439.73 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $1,552.65 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,566.77 ↓ -26%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,687.37 ↓ -20%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,737.99 ↓ -18%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,771.74 ↓ -16%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,771.74 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,834.95 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,834.95 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,863.18 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $1,882.94 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,976.10 ↓ -7%
Anthem Commercial $2,118.64 ↑ +0%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,258.40 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $2,258.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $2,343.09 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,399.55 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,427.78 ↑ +15%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $2,513.00 ↑ +19%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,540.70 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,540.70 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,540.70 ↑ +20%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $2,693.60 ↑ +27%
Cigna OAP Commercial $2,775.00 ↑ +31%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $2,792.00 ↑ +32%
Ambetter Commercial $3,037.27 ↑ +43%
CareSource Marketplace $3,037.27 ↑ +43%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,071.00 ↑ +45%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource 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 —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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