Warde cadmium blood 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

$50.25

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.

$67.00

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.

$21.61 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $57.33 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 $21.61 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicare Advantage $23.64 ↓ -53%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $24.35 ↓ -52%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $24.82 ↓ -51%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $24.82 ↓ -51%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $28.98 ↓ -42%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $28.98 ↓ -42%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $28.98 ↓ -42%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $31.50 ↓ -37%
Immergrun Commercial $31.50 ↓ -37%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $31.50 ↓ -37%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $32.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO Commercial $34.97 ↓ -30%
CareSource Marketplace $42.55 ↓ -15%
Ambetter Commercial $42.55 ↓ -15%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $44.10 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $50.21 ↓ -0%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $50.40 ↑ +0%
Beech Street Commercial $50.40 ↑ +0%
Anthem Pathway Commercial $51.09 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial $52.29 ↑ +4%
Century Health Network Commercial $53.55 ↑ +7%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $53.55 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $53.68 ↑ +7%
Aetna OPN Commercial $54.05 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $54.18 ↑ +8%
Cigna OAP Commercial $54.56 ↑ +9%
The Health Plan Commercial $55.44 ↑ +10%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $55.76 ↑ +11%
JP Farley Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
AultCare Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
HealthSmart Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $56.70 ↑ +13%
Anthem Commercial $56.89 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.33 ↑ +14%
SummaCare Commercial $57.33 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $57.33 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) 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 —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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