Str markers specimen anal 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

$1,678.50

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.

$2,238.00

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.

$163.55 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $623.70 with Fortified Provider Network — 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 $163.55 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -86%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $240.06 ↓ -86%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -85%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -85%
Anthem Commercial $304.81 ↓ -82%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $304.92 ↓ -82%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $318.78 ↓ -81%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $318.78 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $318.78 ↓ -81%
JP Farley Commercial $332.64 ↓ -80%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $338.88 ↓ -80%
Sunrise Plain Communities Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $346.50 ↓ -79%
Immergrun Commercial $346.50 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Commercial $352.06 ↓ -79%
SummaCare Commercial $353.43 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio NAS Commercial $372.83 ↓ -78%
AultCare Commercial $381.15 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO Commercial $384.62 ↓ -77%
Cigna OAP Commercial $413.72 ↓ -75%
CareSource Marketplace $419.53 ↓ -75%
Ambetter Commercial $419.53 ↓ -75%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $450.45 ↓ -73%
HealthSmart Commercial $450.45 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Commercial $457.38 ↓ -73%
Medical Mutual Traditional/Health Ohio Commercial $485.10 ↓ -71%
Aetna OPN Commercial $503.44 ↓ -70%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $524.60 ↓ -69%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $554.40 ↓ -67%
Beech Street Commercial $554.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $559.38 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial $575.19 ↓ -66%
Century Health Network Commercial $589.05 ↓ -65%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $595.98 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial $623.70 ↓ -63%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $623.70 ↓ -63%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $623.70 ↓ -63%
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare 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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