Insert cath pleura without image 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

$2,019.00

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.

$2,692.00

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.

$900.00 with SummaCare 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
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -55%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $963.74 ↓ -52%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed PPO $977.20 ↓ -52%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,076.80 ↓ -47%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,238.32 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,238.32 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,238.32 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $1,265.24 ↓ -37%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,346.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,346.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,346.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $1,480.60 ↓ -27%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $1,486.00 ↓ -26%
Anthem Commercial $1,486.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,494.06 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,749.80 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,749.80 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,776.72 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,815.43 ↓ -10%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,869.90 ↓ -7%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio HMO $1,884.40 ↓ -7%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,906.21 ↓ -6%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,906.21 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,974.00 ↓ -2%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,153.60 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $2,153.60 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,193.00 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial $2,234.36 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,288.20 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,315.12 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,422.80 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,422.80 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,422.80 ↑ +20%
Ambetter Commercial $3,267.78 ↑ +62%
CareSource Marketplace $3,267.78 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial $3,710.00 ↑ +84%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,737.00 ↑ +85%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,737.00 ↑ +85%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $3,737.00 ↑ +85%
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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