Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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

$816.00

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.

$1,088.00

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.

$58.27 with Humana vs $990.08 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 $58.27 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $58.27 ↓ -93%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $60.02 ↓ -93%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $61.18 ↓ -93%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $61.18 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Commercial $104.88 ↓ -87%
CareSource Marketplace $104.88 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $373.18 ↓ -54%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $500.48 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $500.48 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $500.48 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $544.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $544.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $544.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $603.84 ↓ -26%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $761.60 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $867.14 ↑ +6%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $870.40 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $870.40 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $882.37 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $903.04 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $924.80 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $924.80 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $926.98 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $933.50 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $935.68 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $942.21 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $957.44 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $962.88 ↑ +18%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
JP Farley Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $979.20 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $982.46 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $990.08 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $990.08 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $990.08 ↑ +21%
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 —
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $259.20 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $259.20 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $259.20 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $259.20 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $259.20 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $197.39 $238.80 – $306.46
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $759.85 $1.10 – $1,052.10
akron general Akron $143.00 $1.10 – $198.00

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