Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe 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

$839.85

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.

$1,119.80

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.

$74.97 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $301.17 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 $74.97 ↓ -91%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $83.28 ↓ -90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $91.60 ↓ -89%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $113.52 ↓ -86%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $132.38 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $152.24 ↓ -82%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $152.24 ↓ -82%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $152.24 ↓ -82%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $165.48 ↓ -80%
Immergrun Commercial $165.48 ↓ -80%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $165.48 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO Commercial $183.68 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $230.40 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $230.40 ↓ -73%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $231.67 ↓ -72%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $264.77 ↓ -68%
Beech Street Commercial $264.77 ↓ -68%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $268.41 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial $274.70 ↓ -67%
Century Health Network Commercial $281.32 ↓ -67%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $281.32 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $281.98 ↓ -66%
Aetna OPN Commercial $283.96 ↓ -66%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $284.63 ↓ -66%
Cigna OAP Commercial $286.61 ↓ -66%
The Health Plan Commercial $291.24 ↓ -65%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $297.86 ↓ -65%
AultCare Commercial $297.86 ↓ -65%
JP Farley Commercial $297.86 ↓ -65%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $297.86 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Commercial $297.86 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial $297.86 ↓ -65%
Anthem Commercial $298.86 ↓ -64%
SummaCare Commercial $301.17 ↓ -64%
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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