Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center

1025 Center St, Ashland, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1902882939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$9,840.35

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$13,120.46

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$924.96 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $2,453.97 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $924.96 ↓ -91%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,078.67 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,240.47 ↓ -87%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,240.47 ↓ -87%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,240.47 ↓ -87%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,348.34 ↓ -86%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $1,348.34 ↓ -86%
Immergrun Commercial $1,348.34 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,496.65 ↓ -85%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,887.67 ↓ -81%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $2,149.25 ↓ -78%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,157.34 ↓ -78%
Beech Street Commercial $2,157.34 ↓ -78%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $2,187.00 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial $2,238.24 ↓ -77%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,292.17 ↓ -77%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,292.17 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $2,297.56 ↓ -77%
Aetna OPN Commercial $2,313.74 ↓ -76%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,319.14 ↓ -76%
Cigna OAP Commercial $2,335.32 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Commercial $2,373.07 ↓ -76%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $2,386.55 ↓ -76%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
AultCare Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
JP Farley Commercial $2,427.00 ↓ -75%
Anthem Commercial $2,435.09 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,453.97 ↓ -75%
SummaCare Commercial $2,453.97 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,453.97 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Paramount Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
CareSource Marketplace not published by hospital —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Ambetter Commercial not published by hospital —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $915.00 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $1,080.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $1,080.00 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $1,080.00 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $1,080.00 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $967.50 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $159.74 $53.57 – $3,329.32
akron general Akron $936.00 $2.17 – $2,642.72

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →