Artery x-rays lung 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

$3,405.00

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.

$4,540.00

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.

$226.77 with Aetna vs $17,103.00 with AultCare — 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 Commercial $226.77 ↓ -93%
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -74%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $1,498.20 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $1,625.32 ↓ -52%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed PPO $1,648.02 ↓ -52%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $1,666.18 ↓ -51%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $1,834.16 ↓ -46%
Anthem Commercial $2,088.40 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $2,088.40 ↓ -39%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $2,088.40 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $2,088.40 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $2,088.40 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $2,133.80 ↓ -37%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $2,270.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $2,270.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $2,270.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,447.06 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO Commercial $2,519.70 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,719.46 ↓ -20%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,951.00 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,951.00 ↓ -13%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↓ -12%
The Health Plan Commercial $2,996.40 ↓ -12%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $3,076.84 ↓ -10%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $3,136.58 ↓ -8%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $3,136.58 ↓ -8%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio HMO $3,178.00 ↓ -7%
Beech Street Commercial $3,632.00 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,632.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $3,768.20 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,859.00 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,904.40 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial $4,086.00 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $4,086.00 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $4,086.00 ↑ +20%
CareSource Marketplace $5,377.00 ↑ +58%
Ambetter Commercial $5,377.00 ↑ +58%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $14,352.00 ↑ +321%
AultCare Commercial $17,103.00 ↑ +402%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna OAP Commercial not published by hospital —

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