Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center
630 East River Street, Elyria, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1841299039
$548.25
Cash price 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.
$731.00
Gross charge 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.
$98.91 with The Health Plan vs $657.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $98.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $101.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $103.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $103.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $108.39 | ↓ -80% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $161.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $178.03 | ↓ -68% |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $178.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $241.23 | ↓ -56% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Northern Ohio Commercial | $261.70 | ↓ -52% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed PPO | $265.35 | ↓ -52% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed HMO | $268.28 | ↓ -51% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | NAS Commercial | $295.32 | ↓ -46% |
| Anthem | Commercial | $336.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $336.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $336.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $336.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $336.26 | ↓ -39% |
| JP Farley | Commercial | $343.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $365.50 | ↓ -33% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $365.50 | ↓ -33% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $365.50 | ↓ -33% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $372.81 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus Commercial | $394.01 | ↓ -28% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $402.05 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | PPO Commercial | $405.71 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $437.87 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $475.15 | ↓ -13% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $475.15 | ↓ -13% |
| The Health Plan | Commercial | $482.46 | ↓ -12% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio | HMO | $511.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $584.80 | ↑ +7% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $584.80 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial | $606.73 | ↑ +11% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $621.35 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $628.66 | ↑ +15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $657.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $657.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $657.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | OAP Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $519.00 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $347.40 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $519.00 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $519.00 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $519.00 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $738.00 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $295.58 | $309.00 – $396.55 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $551.20 | $1.10 – $660.60 |