Colonoscopy stoma w/snare 44394 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

$1,139.25

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.

$1,519.00

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.

$521.02 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $2,088.91 with CareSource — 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $521.02 ↓ -54%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $698.74 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $698.74 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $698.74 ↓ -39%
Immergrun Commercial $759.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $759.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $759.50 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $843.05 ↓ -26%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,063.30 ↓ -7%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,160.50 ↑ +2%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,195.32 ↑ +5%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $1,210.64 ↑ +6%
Beech Street Commercial $1,215.20 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $1,215.20 ↑ +7%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,218.53 ↑ +7%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,218.53 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $1,231.91 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $1,260.77 ↑ +11%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,291.15 ↑ +13%
Century Health Network Commercial $1,291.15 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $1,294.19 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $1,303.30 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $1,306.34 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $1,315.45 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,336.72 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $1,344.32 ↑ +18%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
JP Farley Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $1,367.10 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $1,371.66 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $1,382.29 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,382.29 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,382.29 ↑ +21%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,386.00 ↑ +22%
Ambetter Commercial $2,088.91 ↑ +83%
CareSource Marketplace $2,088.91 ↑ +83%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Colonoscopy stoma w/snare 44394 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $5,427.84 $1,166.15 – $1,189.47
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $4,472.94 $1,186.40 – $1,210.12
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,525.60 $1.10 – $4,881.60
akron general Akron $1,047.80 $1.10 – $1,176.60
mercy hospital Canton $1,047.80 $1.10 – $1,166.08
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $1,368.00 $403.10 – $2,037.81
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $1,368.00 $839.04 – $2,867.32
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $1,095.75 not published

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