Vest large holster 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

$1,012.50

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.

$1,350.00

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.

$3.43 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $1,356.41 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 $3.43 ↓ -100%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $3.50 ↓ -100%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $4.60 ↓ -100%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $4.60 ↓ -100%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $4.60 ↓ -100%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $5.00 ↓ -100%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $5.00 ↓ -100%
Immergrun Commercial $5.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO Commercial $5.55 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $7.00 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $7.98 ↓ -99%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $8.01 ↓ -99%
Beech Street Commercial $8.01 ↓ -99%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $8.12 ↓ -99%
First Health Commercial $8.31 ↓ -99%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $8.51 ↓ -99%
Century Health Network Commercial $8.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial $8.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna OPN Commercial $8.59 ↓ -99%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $8.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP Commercial $8.67 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan Commercial $8.81 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $8.86 ↓ -99%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
HealthSmart Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
MultiPlan Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
AultCare Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
JP Farley Commercial $9.01 ↓ -99%
Anthem Commercial $9.04 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.11 ↓ -99%
SummaCare Commercial $9.11 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $9.11 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $753.56 ↓ -26%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $776.17 ↓ -23%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $791.24 ↓ -22%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $791.24 ↓ -22%
CareSource Marketplace $1,356.41 ↑ +34%
Ambetter Commercial $1,356.41 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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