Canakinumab injection 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

$79,068.64

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.

$105,424.85

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.

$149.57 with Molina vs $95,936.61 with SummaCare — 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -100%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $154.06 ↓ -100%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $157.05 ↓ -100%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $157.05 ↓ -100%
Ambetter Commercial $269.23 ↓ -100%
CareSource Marketplace $269.23 ↓ -100%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $343.17 ↓ -100%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $381.24 ↓ -100%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $419.30 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,118.97 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,118.97 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $36,160.72 ↓ -54%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $42,169.94 ↓ -47%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $48,495.43 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $48,495.43 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $48,495.43 ↓ -39%
Immergrun Commercial $52,712.43 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $52,712.43 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $52,712.43 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $58,510.79 ↓ -26%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $73,797.40 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $84,339.88 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $84,339.88 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $85,499.55 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $87,502.63 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $89,611.12 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $89,611.12 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $89,821.97 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $90,454.52 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $90,665.37 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $91,297.92 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $92,773.87 ↑ +17%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $94,882.37 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $94,882.37 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $94,882.37 ↑ +20%
JP Farley Commercial $94,882.37 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $94,882.37 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $94,882.37 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $95,198.64 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $95,936.61 ↑ +21%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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