Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$3,126.75

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.

$4,169.00

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.

$1,386.76 with Cigna vs $3,793.79 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
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,386.76 ↓ -56%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,428.37 ↓ -54%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $1,429.97 ↓ -54%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,433.00 ↓ -54%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,456.10 ↓ -53%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,456.10 ↓ -53%
Immergrun Commercial $2,084.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $2,084.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $2,084.50 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $2,313.80 ↓ -26%
CareSource Marketplace $2,496.17 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Commercial $2,496.17 ↓ -20%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $2,700.00 ↓ -14%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $2,700.00 ↓ -14%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $2,700.00 ↓ -14%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $2,918.30 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,322.69 ↑ +6%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,335.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $3,335.20 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $3,381.06 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $3,460.27 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,543.65 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $3,543.65 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $3,551.99 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $3,577.00 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,585.34 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $3,610.35 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $3,668.72 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $3,689.57 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
JP Farley Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,752.10 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $3,764.61 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $3,793.79 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,793.79 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,793.79 ↑ +21%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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