Ghs nerve block celiac plexus 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

$2,299.50

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.

$3,066.00

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.

$857.76 with Humana vs $2,790.06 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 $857.76 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $857.76 ↓ -63%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $883.49 ↓ -62%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $900.65 ↓ -61%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $900.65 ↓ -61%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $1,051.64 ↓ -54%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,386.00 ↓ -40%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,410.36 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,410.36 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,410.36 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $1,533.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,533.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,533.00 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Commercial $1,543.97 ↓ -33%
CareSource Marketplace $1,543.97 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,701.63 ↓ -26%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $2,146.20 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $2,443.60 ↑ +6%
Beech Street Commercial $2,452.80 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,452.80 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $2,486.53 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $2,544.78 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,606.10 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,606.10 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $2,612.23 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $2,630.63 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,636.76 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $2,655.16 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $2,698.08 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $2,713.41 ↑ +18%
JP Farley Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,759.40 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $2,768.60 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $2,790.06 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,790.06 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,790.06 ↑ +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 —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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