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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center
36000 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1972689172
$149.68
Cash price 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.
$199.57
Gross charge 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.
$67.84 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) vs $152.64 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $67.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Anthem | Pathway HMO Commercial | $75.85 | ↓ -49% |
| Anthem | Pathway PPO Commercial | $75.85 | ↓ -49% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $78.02 | ↓ -48% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $78.02 | ↓ -48% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $78.02 | ↓ -48% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $80.90 | ↓ -46% |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $83.10 | ↓ -44% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $83.10 | ↓ -44% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $84.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $84.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $84.80 | ↓ -43% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $86.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA | Northern Ohio Commercial | $88.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional | Commercial | $91.58 | ↓ -39% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $91.58 | ↓ -39% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $93.28 | ↓ -38% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $110.24 | ↓ -26% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $110.24 | ↓ -26% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $135.68 | ↓ -9% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $135.68 | ↓ -9% |
| First Health | Commercial | $140.77 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $141.45 | ↓ -5% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $144.16 | ↓ -4% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $145.86 | ↓ -3% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $152.64 | ↑ +2% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $152.64 | ↑ +2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $152.64 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | not published by hospital | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $149.68 | $22.22 – $152.64 |
| University Hospitals St. John Medical Center | Westlake OH | $149.68 | $11.56 – $152.64 |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center | Ashland | $149.68 | $16.75 – $61.38 |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $149.68 | $13.07 – $13.07 |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center | Ravenna OH 44266 | $149.68 | $17.71 – $17.71 |
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road | $149.68 | $27.37 – $27.37 |