Esophagoscopy flex remove fb 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

$772.66

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.

$1,558.00

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.

$0.58 with Medical Mutual vs $7,338.80 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
Medical Mutual Commercial|All Plans $0.58 ↓ -100%
The Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $192.85 ↓ -75%
AultCare Commercial|All Plans $934.80 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,043.86 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,043.86 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,168.50 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|Options $1,168.50 ↑ +51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,199.66 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,496.28 ↑ +94%
The Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,496.28 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
Medical Mutual Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
Highmark Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,752.78 ↑ +127%
CareSource Medicare|MyCare $1,840.42 ↑ +138%
CareSource Medicare|Just 4 Me $3,044.12 ↑ +294%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Plans $4,296.00 ↑ +456%
Highmark Commercial|Steel $6,614.79 ↑ +756%
Highmark Commercial|All Other Plans $7,338.80 ↑ +850%

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,671.90 $1.10 – $7,853.40
akron general Akron $634.40 $1.10 – $1,893.00
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University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $289.50 $85.31 – $3,267.78
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University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $217.50 not published
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $289.50 $1,815.43 – $3,267.78
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