Cromolyn sodium noncomp unit 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

$48.14

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$64.18

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.

$0.68 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $11.22 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $0.68 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $0.76 ↓ -98%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $0.83 ↓ -98%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $4.23 ↓ -91%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $4.93 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $5.67 ↓ -88%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $5.67 ↓ -88%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $5.67 ↓ -88%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $6.17 ↓ -87%
Immergrun Commercial $6.17 ↓ -87%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $6.17 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO Commercial $6.84 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $8.63 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $9.27 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.27 ↓ -81%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $9.86 ↓ -80%
Beech Street Commercial $9.86 ↓ -80%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $10.00 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial $10.23 ↓ -79%
Century Health Network Commercial $10.48 ↓ -78%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $10.48 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $10.51 ↓ -78%
Aetna OPN Commercial $10.58 ↓ -78%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $10.60 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP Commercial $10.68 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Commercial $10.85 ↓ -77%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $11.10 ↓ -77%
AultCare Commercial $11.10 ↓ -77%
JP Farley Commercial $11.10 ↓ -77%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $11.10 ↓ -77%
HealthSmart Commercial $11.10 ↓ -77%
MultiPlan Commercial $11.10 ↓ -77%
Anthem Commercial $11.13 ↓ -77%
SummaCare Commercial $11.22 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Paramount Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Ambetter Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Marketplace not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $8.93 $0.21 – $13.86
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $48.14 $0.63 – $11.10
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $48.14 $4.93 – $11.10
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $48.14 $0.98 – $0.98
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $48.14 $0.55 – $0.55
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