Closure paravalvlr leak pq 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

$18,614.25

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.

$24,819.00

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.

$608.36 with Humana vs $14,352.00 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) — 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 $608.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $608.36 ↓ -97%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $626.61 ↓ -97%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $638.78 ↓ -97%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $638.78 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Commercial $1,095.05 ↓ -94%
CareSource Marketplace $1,095.05 ↓ -94%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $3,090.77 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $4,145.06 ↓ -78%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $4,145.06 ↓ -78%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $4,145.06 ↓ -78%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $4,505.50 ↓ -76%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $4,505.50 ↓ -76%
Immergrun Commercial $4,505.50 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO Commercial $5,001.11 ↓ -73%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $6,307.70 ↓ -66%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $7,181.77 ↓ -61%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $7,208.80 ↓ -61%
Beech Street Commercial $7,208.80 ↓ -61%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $7,307.92 ↓ -61%
First Health Commercial $7,479.13 ↓ -60%
Century Health Network Commercial $7,659.35 ↓ -59%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $7,659.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $7,677.37 ↓ -59%
Aetna OPN Commercial $7,731.44 ↓ -58%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $7,749.46 ↓ -58%
Cigna OAP Commercial $7,803.53 ↓ -58%
The Health Plan Commercial $7,929.68 ↓ -57%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $7,974.74 ↓ -57%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
HealthSmart Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
AultCare Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
JP Farley Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
MultiPlan Commercial $8,109.90 ↓ -56%
Anthem Commercial $8,136.93 ↓ -56%
SummaCare Commercial $8,200.01 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $8,200.01 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,200.01 ↓ -56%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $14,352.00 ↓ -23%
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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