Antibody elution rbc reference at Trinity Medical Center East

4000 Johnson Rd, Steubenville, OH · Trinity Health · · NPI 1285715144

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$117.54

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.

$237.00

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.

$13.39 with BCBS - Anthem vs $658.74 with Highmark — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $137.40 ↑ +17%
The Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $137.40 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Non-Options $139.83 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Options $139.83 ↑ +19%
AultCare Commercial|All Plans $142.20 ↑ +21%
Medical Mutual Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
Highmark Medicare|All Plans $158.33 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $158.79 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $158.79 ↑ +35%
CareSource Medicare|MyCare $166.25 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $182.49 ↑ +55%
CareSource Medicare|Just 4 Me $273.24 ↑ +132%
Highmark Commercial|Steel $593.75 ↑ +405%
Highmark Commercial|All Other Plans $658.74 ↑ +460%

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