Pr moderate sedation same physician >= 5 years initial 15 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

$578.25

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.

$771.00

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.

$47.78 with Humana vs $701.61 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 $47.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $47.78 ↓ -92%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $49.22 ↓ -91%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $50.17 ↓ -91%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $50.17 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Commercial $86.01 ↓ -85%
CareSource Marketplace $86.01 ↓ -85%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $264.45 ↓ -54%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $354.66 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $354.66 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $354.66 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $385.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $385.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $385.50 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO Commercial $427.91 ↓ -26%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $539.70 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $614.49 ↑ +6%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $616.80 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $616.80 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $625.28 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $639.93 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $655.35 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $655.35 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $656.89 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $661.52 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $663.06 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $667.69 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $678.48 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $682.34 ↑ +18%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
JP Farley Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $693.90 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $696.21 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $701.61 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $701.61 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $701.61 ↑ +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 —
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Pr moderate sedation same physician >= 5 years initial 15 minutes at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $213.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $213.00 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $213.00 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $266.82 $322.80 – $414.26
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $455.65 $0.01 – $630.90
akron general Akron $455.65 $1.10 – $630.90
avon hospital Avon $455.65 $23.70 – $630.90
euclid hospital Euclid $455.65 $23.70 – $630.90

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