Carbohydrate urine - sendout 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

$936.00

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.

$1,248.00

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.

$5.50 with Humana vs $121.94 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -99%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -99%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.78 ↓ -99%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.78 ↓ -99%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $7.67 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Commercial $9.90 ↓ -99%
CareSource Marketplace $9.90 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $45.96 ↓ -95%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $61.64 ↓ -93%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $61.64 ↓ -93%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $61.64 ↓ -93%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $67.00 ↓ -93%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $67.00 ↓ -93%
Immergrun Commercial $67.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO Commercial $74.37 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $93.80 ↓ -90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $106.80 ↓ -89%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $107.20 ↓ -89%
Beech Street Commercial $107.20 ↓ -89%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $108.67 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial $111.22 ↓ -88%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $113.90 ↓ -88%
Century Health Network Commercial $113.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial $114.17 ↓ -88%
Aetna OPN Commercial $114.97 ↓ -88%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $115.24 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP Commercial $116.04 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan Commercial $117.92 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $118.59 ↓ -87%
JP Farley Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
AultCare Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $120.60 ↓ -87%
Anthem Commercial $121.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial $121.94 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $121.94 ↓ -87%
SummaCare Commercial $121.94 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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