Prolng off/op e/m ea 15 min 99417 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

$45.00

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.

$60.00

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.

$20.58 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $56.11 with Ambetter — 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 $20.58 ↓ -54%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $27.60 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $27.60 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $27.60 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $30.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $30.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $30.00 ↓ -33%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $31.17 ↓ -31%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $32.11 ↓ -29%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -27%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $33.30 ↓ -26%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $42.00 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $47.82 ↑ +6%
Beech Street Commercial $48.00 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $48.00 ↑ +7%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $48.66 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $49.80 ↑ +11%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $51.00 ↑ +13%
Century Health Network Commercial $51.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $51.12 ↑ +14%
Aetna OPN Commercial $51.48 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $51.60 ↑ +15%
Cigna OAP Commercial $51.96 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Commercial $52.80 ↑ +17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $53.10 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
JP Farley Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
AultCare Commercial $54.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $54.18 ↑ +20%
SummaCare Commercial $54.60 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $54.60 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $54.60 ↑ +21%
CareSource Marketplace $56.11 ↑ +25%
Ambetter Commercial $56.11 ↑ +25%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Prolng off/op e/m ea 15 min 99417 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $174.20 $1.10 – $241.20
akron general Akron $174.20 $1.10 – $241.20
mercy hospital Canton $174.20 $1.10 – $1,276,448.04
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $42.00 $12.38 – $56.11
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $42.00 $14.71 – $56.11
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $39.00 not published
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $42.00 $31.17 – $56.11
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $42.00 $31.17 – $56.11

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