Assay of breath ethanol at Trinity Medical Center East
4000 Johnson Rd, Steubenville, OH · Trinity Health · · NPI 1285715144
$10.42
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.
$21.00
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.
$12.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $93.66 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Plans | $12.00 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $12.39 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $12.39 | ↑ +19% |
| AultCare | Commercial|All Plans | $12.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $14.07 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.07 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $16.17 | ↑ +55% |
| Medical Mutual | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Highmark | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| CareSource | Medicare|MyCare | $22.05 | ↑ +112% |
| CareSource | Medicare|Just 4 Me | $25.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Highmark | Commercial|Steel | $84.42 | ↑ +710% |
| Highmark | Commercial|All Other Plans | $93.66 | ↑ +799% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| akron general | Akron | $134.55 | $1.10 – $186.30 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $134.55 | $1.10 – $186.30 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $64.50 | $0.03 – $77.40 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $64.50 | $13.82 – $77.40 |
| University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | $452.25 | $0.03 – $59.00 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $64.50 | $0.03 – $54.00 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $64.50 | $0.03 – $54.00 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $452.25 | $0.03 – $69.00 |