Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center

158 West Main Road, Conneaut, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1902996119

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$162.00

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.

$216.00

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.

$7.94 with Anthem vs $99.23 with Anthem — 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
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $7.94 ↓ -95%
Anthem Tiered/Pathway Commercial $7.94 ↓ -95%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $23.40 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Devoted Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
WellCare by Allwell Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare Advantage $32.55 ↓ -80%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $33.53 ↓ -79%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $34.18 ↓ -79%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $34.18 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $40.26 ↓ -75%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $48.30 ↓ -70%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $48.30 ↓ -70%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $48.30 ↓ -70%
JP Farley Commercial $49.35 ↓ -70%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $52.50 ↓ -68%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $52.50 ↓ -68%
Immergrun Commercial $52.50 ↓ -68%
SummaCare Commercial $53.55 ↓ -67%
AultCare Commercial $57.75 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO Commercial $58.28 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Commercial $58.59 ↓ -64%
CareSource Marketplace $58.59 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Commercial $59.00 ↓ -64%
Cigna OAP Commercial $62.69 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Commercial $68.25 ↓ -58%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $68.25 ↓ -58%
The Health Plan Commercial $69.30 ↓ -57%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $73.50 ↓ -55%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $78.75 ↓ -51%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $83.48 ↓ -48%
Beech Street Commercial $84.00 ↓ -48%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $84.00 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial $87.15 ↓ -46%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $87.47 ↓ -46%
Century Health Network Commercial $89.25 ↓ -45%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $90.30 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan Commercial $94.50 ↓ -42%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $94.50 ↓ -42%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $94.50 ↓ -42%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $94.50 ↓ -42%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $99.23 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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