Cell enumeration & id at Van Wert Hospital
1250 S Washington Street, Van Wert, OH · OhioHealth · · NPI 1942267760
$1,274.00
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.
$1,960.00
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.
$250.78 with Caresource vs $255.80 with Bcbs — 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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| Caresource | Marketplace Exchange | $250.78 | ↓ -80% |
| Caresource | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $253.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $255.80 | ↓ -80% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cell enumeration & id at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $458.24 | $121.34 – $619.08 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,124.50 | $116.49 – $1,557.00 |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital | Dublin | $1,029.60 | $250.78 – $940.43 |
| Shelby Hospital | Shelby | $1,398.80 | not published |
| Berger Hospital | Circleville | $725.40 | $250.78 – $250.78 |
| Grant Medical Center | Columbus | $1,029.60 | $250.78 – $940.43 |
| Southeastern Medical Center | Cambridge | $725.40 | $250.78 – $260.81 |
| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | $1,029.60 | $250.78 – $940.43 |