2019-ncov diagnostic p at Doctors Hospital

5100 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH · OhioHealth · · NPI 1972535052

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$162.50

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.

$250.00

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.

$35.92 with Aetna vs $134.70 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $35.92 ↓ -78%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $134.70 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare Options Other Commercial Plan $134.70 ↓ -17%

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2019-ncov diagnostic p at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Medical Center Columbus $162.50 $35.92 – $134.70
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus $162.50 $35.92 – $134.70
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $162.50 $35.92 – $134.70
Berger Hospital Circleville $109.85 $35.92 – $35.92
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge $109.85 $35.92 – $37.36
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon not published $35.92 – $64.66
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road not published $35.92 – $64.66
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard not published $35.92 – $64.66

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