Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 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

$310.50

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.

$414.00

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.

$35.09 with Humana vs $122.85 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 $35.09 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -89%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $36.14 ↓ -88%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -88%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -88%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $46.31 ↓ -85%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $48.96 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $62.10 ↓ -80%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $62.10 ↓ -80%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $62.10 ↓ -80%
CareSource Marketplace $63.16 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Commercial $63.16 ↓ -80%
Immergrun Commercial $67.50 ↓ -78%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $67.50 ↓ -78%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $67.50 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO Commercial $74.93 ↓ -76%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $94.50 ↓ -70%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $107.60 ↓ -65%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $108.00 ↓ -65%
Beech Street Commercial $108.00 ↓ -65%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $109.49 ↓ -65%
First Health Commercial $112.05 ↓ -64%
Century Health Network Commercial $114.75 ↓ -63%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $114.75 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial $115.02 ↓ -63%
Aetna OPN Commercial $115.83 ↓ -63%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $116.10 ↓ -63%
Cigna OAP Commercial $116.91 ↓ -62%
The Health Plan Commercial $118.80 ↓ -62%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $119.48 ↓ -62%
JP Farley Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
AultCare Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
MultiPlan Commercial $121.50 ↓ -61%
Anthem Commercial $121.91 ↓ -61%
SummaCare Commercial $122.85 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $122.85 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Commercial $122.85 ↓ -60%
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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