Sodium 24 hour urine 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

$60.00

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.

$80.00

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.

$5.06 with United Healthcare vs $56.70 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 $5.06 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -92%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5.21 ↓ -91%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.31 ↓ -91%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.31 ↓ -91%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $6.78 ↓ -89%
CareSource Marketplace $9.11 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial $9.11 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial $12.15 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $14.94 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14.94 ↓ -75%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $20.79 ↓ -65%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $22.55 ↓ -62%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed PPO $22.87 ↓ -62%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed HMO $23.12 ↓ -61%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $25.45 ↓ -58%
Anthem Commercial $28.98 ↓ -52%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $28.98 ↓ -52%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $28.98 ↓ -52%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $28.98 ↓ -52%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $28.98 ↓ -52%
JP Farley Commercial $29.61 ↓ -51%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $31.50 ↓ -48%
Immergrun Commercial $31.50 ↓ -48%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $31.50 ↓ -48%
SummaCare Commercial $32.13 ↓ -46%
AultCare Commercial $34.65 ↓ -42%
Cigna PPO Commercial $34.97 ↓ -42%
HealthSmart Commercial $40.95 ↓ -32%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $40.95 ↓ -32%
The Health Plan Commercial $41.58 ↓ -31%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio HMO $44.10 ↓ -27%
Beech Street Commercial $50.40 ↓ -16%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $50.40 ↓ -16%
First Health Commercial $52.29 ↓ -13%
Century Health Network Commercial $53.55 ↓ -11%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $54.18 ↓ -10%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $56.70 ↓ -6%
MultiPlan Commercial $56.70 ↓ -6%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $56.70 ↓ -6%
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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