Colistimethate sodium inj at Riverside Methodist Hospital
3535 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH · OhioHealth · · NPI 1467484972
$52.32
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.
$80.50
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.
$20.67 with Caresource vs $32.95 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.
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 | $20.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Blue Access Hmo/Ppo | $28.45 | ↓ -46% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Traditional | $28.45 | ↓ -46% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $32.95 | ↓ -37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Options Other Commercial Plan | $32.95 | ↓ -37% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Grant Medical Center | Columbus | $52.29 | $20.67 – $32.95 |
| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | $54.54 | $20.67 – $32.95 |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $23.81 | $12.16 – $36.96 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $39.42 | $32.59 – $32.59 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $39.42 | $36.75 – $36.75 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $39.42 | not published |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $39.42 | $21.62 – $21.62 |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center | Ravenna OH 44266 | $39.42 | $29.29 – $29.29 |