Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center

6847 N. Chestnut Street, Ravenna OH 44266, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1043641897

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 14, 2026

$1,548.00

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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$2,064.00

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.

$487.10 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $3,348.00 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $487.10 ↓ -69%
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -42%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $926.63 ↓ -40%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $949.44 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $949.44 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $949.44 ↓ -39%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $954.43 ↓ -38%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $972.96 ↓ -37%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $972.96 ↓ -37%
JP Farley Commercial $990.72 ↓ -36%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $1,032.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,032.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,032.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $1,135.20 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $1,145.52 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,341.60 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,341.60 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $1,362.24 ↓ -12%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $1,444.80 ↓ -7%
Cigna OAP Commercial $1,526.00 ↓ -1%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $1,562.45 ↑ +1%
Beech Street Commercial $1,651.20 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $1,651.20 ↑ +7%
CareSource Marketplace $1,667.93 ↑ +8%
Ambetter Commercial $1,667.93 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $1,713.12 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $1,754.40 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $1,775.04 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial $1,857.60 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $1,857.60 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $1,857.60 ↑ +20%
Anthem Commercial $1,996.00 ↑ +29%
Aetna OPN Commercial $2,292.78 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,562.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial $2,623.00 ↑ +69%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,348.00 ↑ +116%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $3,348.00 ↑ +116%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $3,348.00 ↑ +116%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $6,994.98 $883.88 – $901.55
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