Cortisol total am 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

$162.00

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.

$216.00

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.

$16.30 with Humana vs $96.46 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 $16.30 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -90%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $16.79 ↓ -90%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -89%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -89%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $22.74 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial $29.34 ↓ -82%
CareSource Marketplace $29.34 ↓ -82%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $36.36 ↓ -78%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $48.76 ↓ -70%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $48.76 ↓ -70%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $48.76 ↓ -70%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $53.00 ↓ -67%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $53.00 ↓ -67%
Immergrun Commercial $53.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO Commercial $58.83 ↓ -64%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $74.20 ↓ -54%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $84.48 ↓ -48%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $84.80 ↓ -48%
Beech Street Commercial $84.80 ↓ -48%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $85.97 ↓ -47%
First Health Commercial $87.98 ↓ -46%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $90.10 ↓ -44%
Century Health Network Commercial $90.10 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $90.31 ↓ -44%
Aetna OPN Commercial $90.95 ↓ -44%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $91.16 ↓ -44%
Cigna OAP Commercial $91.80 ↓ -43%
The Health Plan Commercial $93.28 ↓ -42%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $93.81 ↓ -42%
JP Farley Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
AultCare Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $95.40 ↓ -41%
Anthem Commercial $95.72 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.46 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $96.46 ↓ -40%
SummaCare Commercial $96.46 ↓ -40%
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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