Chromosome study additional 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

$140.25

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.

$187.00

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.

$34.43 with Humana vs $96.46 with United Healthcare — 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 $34.43 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -75%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $35.46 ↓ -75%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $36.15 ↓ -74%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $36.15 ↓ -74%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $36.36 ↓ -74%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $48.04 ↓ -66%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $48.76 ↓ -65%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $48.76 ↓ -65%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $48.76 ↓ -65%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $53.00 ↓ -62%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $53.00 ↓ -62%
Immergrun Commercial $53.00 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO Commercial $58.83 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Commercial $61.97 ↓ -56%
CareSource Marketplace $61.97 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $74.20 ↓ -47%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $84.48 ↓ -40%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $84.80 ↓ -40%
Beech Street Commercial $84.80 ↓ -40%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $85.97 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial $87.98 ↓ -37%
Century Health Network Commercial $90.10 ↓ -36%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $90.10 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $90.31 ↓ -36%
Aetna OPN Commercial $90.95 ↓ -35%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $91.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna OAP Commercial $91.80 ↓ -35%
The Health Plan Commercial $93.28 ↓ -33%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $93.81 ↓ -33%
JP Farley Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
HealthSmart Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
MultiPlan Commercial $95.40 ↓ -32%
Anthem Commercial $95.72 ↓ -32%
SummaCare Commercial $96.46 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $96.46 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.46 ↓ -31%
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Chromosome study additional at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $71.40 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $71.40 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $71.40 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $71.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $71.40 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $66.60 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $154.70 $1.10 – $214.20
akron general Akron $154.70 $0.95 – $214.20

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