Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at O'Bleness Hospital
55 Hospital Drive, Athens, OH · OhioHealth · · NPI 1710913462
$45.27
Cash price 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.
$69.65
Gross charge 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.
$1.41 with Caresource vs $5.40 with Bcbs — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Caresource | Exchange | $1.41 | ↓ -97% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Blue Access Hmo/Ppo | $5.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Traditional | $5.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Blue Connection Hmo | $5.40 | ↓ -88% |
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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $8.44 | $0.83 – $10.78 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $23.67 | $6.62 – $6.62 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $23.67 | $7.46 – $7.46 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $23.67 | not published |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $23.67 | $4.39 – $4.39 |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center | Ravenna OH 44266 | $23.67 | $5.95 – $5.95 |
| University Hospitals St. John Medical Center | Westlake OH | $23.67 | $3.88 – $11.62 |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center | Ashland | $23.67 | $5.62 – $17.37 |