Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$869.25

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.

$1,159.00

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.

$131.46 with Cigna vs $1,043.10 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
Cigna Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $131.46 ↓ -85%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $135.40 ↓ -84%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $138.03 ↓ -84%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $138.03 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial $236.63 ↓ -73%
CareSource Marketplace $236.63 ↓ -73%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Northern Ohio Commercial $273.52 ↓ -69%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $509.96 ↓ -41%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $533.14 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $533.14 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $533.14 ↓ -39%
JP Farley Commercial $556.32 ↓ -36%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $566.75 ↓ -35%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $579.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $579.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $579.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $591.09 ↓ -32%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $623.54 ↓ -28%
AultCare Commercial $637.45 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO Commercial $643.25 ↓ -26%
Cigna OAP Commercial $691.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna OPN Commercial $695.40 ↓ -20%
Anthem Commercial $705.83 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Commercial $753.35 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $753.35 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan Commercial $764.94 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $773.05 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Commercial $778.85 ↓ -10%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $811.30 ↓ -7%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $877.36 ↑ +1%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $927.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $927.20 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $961.97 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $985.15 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $996.74 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $1,043.10 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $1,043.10 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $1,043.10 ↑ +20%
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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