Egd guide wire insertion 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

$2,765.25

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.

$3,687.00

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.

$858.08 with Humana vs $3,737.00 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $858.08 ↓ -69%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $883.82 ↓ -68%
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -67%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $900.98 ↓ -67%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $900.98 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $1,319.95 ↓ -52%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed PPO $1,338.38 ↓ -52%
CareSource Marketplace $1,544.54 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Commercial $1,544.54 ↓ -44%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,696.02 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,696.02 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,696.02 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $1,732.89 ↓ -37%
Immergrun Commercial $1,843.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,843.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,843.50 ↓ -33%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,857.44 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,974.00 ↓ -29%
AultCare Commercial $2,027.85 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $2,046.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,193.00 ↓ -21%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,396.55 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,396.55 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $2,433.42 ↓ -12%
Anthem Commercial $2,525.00 ↓ -9%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $2,525.00 ↓ -9%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio HMO $2,580.90 ↓ -7%
Beech Street Commercial $2,949.60 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,949.60 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $3,060.21 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,133.95 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,170.82 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,318.30 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,318.30 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,318.30 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $3,710.00 ↑ +34%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,737.00 ↑ +35%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,737.00 ↑ +35%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $3,737.00 ↑ +35%
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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Egd guide wire insertion at other Ohio hospitals

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Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $6,036.71 $883.88 – $901.55
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