Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at Grant Medical Center
111 South Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH · OhioHealth · · NPI 1255377149
$23,242.18
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.
$35,757.20
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.
$94.45 with Aetna vs $247.91 with Unitedhealthcare — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $94.45 | ↓ -100% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $155.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Blue Access Hmo/Ppo | $214.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Traditional | $214.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $247.91 | ↓ -99% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Options Other Commercial Plan | $247.91 | ↓ -99% |
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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | $23,242.18 | $94.45 – $247.91 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | Columbus | $23,242.18 | $94.45 – $247.91 |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $12,949.24 | $91.48 – $174.79 |
| Morrow County Hospital | Mount Gilead | $8,580.35 | $174.28 – $287.57 |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital | Dublin | $23,242.18 | $94.45 – $247.91 |
| Shelby Hospital | Shelby | $23,242.18 | $160.06 – $594.62 |
| Berger Hospital | Circleville | $23,242.18 | $94.45 – $594.62 |
| Southeastern Medical Center | Cambridge | $23,242.18 | $94.45 – $594.62 |