C-reactive protein 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

$126.00

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.

$168.00

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.

$5.18 with United Healthcare vs $117.00 with Ohio Health Choice — 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -96%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5.34 ↓ -96%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↓ -96%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↓ -96%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $7.22 ↓ -94%
CareSource Marketplace $9.32 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Commercial $9.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial $12.42 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.89 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $15.89 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $42.90 ↓ -66%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $46.54 ↓ -63%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed PPO $47.19 ↓ -63%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $47.71 ↓ -62%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $52.52 ↓ -58%
Anthem Commercial $59.80 ↓ -53%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $59.80 ↓ -53%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $59.80 ↓ -53%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $59.80 ↓ -53%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $59.80 ↓ -53%
JP Farley Commercial $61.10 ↓ -52%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $65.00 ↓ -48%
Immergrun Commercial $65.00 ↓ -48%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $65.00 ↓ -48%
SummaCare Commercial $66.30 ↓ -47%
AultCare Commercial $71.50 ↓ -43%
Cigna PPO Commercial $72.15 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Commercial $84.50 ↓ -33%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $84.50 ↓ -33%
The Health Plan Commercial $85.80 ↓ -32%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio HMO $91.00 ↓ -28%
Beech Street Commercial $104.00 ↓ -17%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $104.00 ↓ -17%
First Health Commercial $107.90 ↓ -14%
Century Health Network Commercial $110.50 ↓ -12%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $111.80 ↓ -11%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $117.00 ↓ -7%
MultiPlan Commercial $117.00 ↓ -7%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $117.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna OAP Commercial not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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