App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center

630 East River Street, Elyria, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1841299039

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

$693.75

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.

$925.00

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.

$24.57 with SummaCare vs $3,634.00 with Medical Mutual of Ohio — 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
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $24.57 ↓ -96%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $25.31 ↓ -96%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $25.80 ↓ -96%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $25.80 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Commercial $44.23 ↓ -94%
CareSource Marketplace $44.23 ↓ -94%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $331.15 ↓ -52%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed PPO $335.78 ↓ -52%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $370.00 ↓ -47%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $425.50 ↓ -39%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $425.50 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $425.50 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $425.50 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $434.75 ↓ -37%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $462.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $462.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $462.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $471.75 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $498.58 ↓ -28%
AultCare Commercial $508.75 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $513.38 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $554.08 ↓ -20%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $601.25 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $601.25 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $610.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $616.98 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio HMO $647.50 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $740.00 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $740.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $767.75 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $786.25 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $795.50 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $832.50 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $832.50 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $832.50 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $1,486.00 ↑ +114%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,634.00 ↑ +424%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,634.00 ↑ +424%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $3,634.00 ↑ +424%
Cigna OAP Commercial not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $1,553.40 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $1,553.40 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $1,553.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $1,553.40 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $1,269.60 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $571.81 $691.80 – $922.40
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,567.20 $0.01 – $4,939.20
akron general Akron $3,567.20 $0.01 – $4,939.20

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