Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$72.75

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.

$97.00

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.

$33.27 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $88.27 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $33.27 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -50%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $37.43 ↓ -49%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $38.15 ↓ -48%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $38.15 ↓ -48%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $38.80 ↓ -47%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $44.62 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $44.62 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $44.62 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $48.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $48.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $48.50 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $53.84 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Commercial $65.41 ↓ -10%
CareSource Marketplace $65.41 ↓ -10%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $67.90 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $77.31 ↑ +6%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $77.60 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $77.60 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $78.67 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $80.51 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $82.45 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $82.45 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $82.64 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $83.23 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $83.42 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $84.00 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $85.36 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $85.85 ↑ +18%
JP Farley Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $87.30 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $87.59 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $88.27 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $88.27 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $88.27 ↑ +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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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $21.33 $25.80 – $33.11
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $62.40 $1.10 – $86.40
akron general Akron $62.40 $1.10 – $80.10
avon hospital Avon $57.85 $23.18 – $80.10
euclid hospital Euclid $57.85 $23.18 – $80.10
fairview hospital Cleveland $57.85 $19.80 – $80.10
lutheran hospital Cleveland $57.85 $23.18 – $80.10
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $57.85 $19.80 – $80.10

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