Protein western blot tissue at Trinity Medical Center East
4000 Johnson Rd, Steubenville, OH · Trinity Health · · NPI 1285715144
$102.66
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.
$207.00
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.
$12.59 with BCBS - Anthem vs $159.39 with Humana — 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 | $12.59 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $122.13 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $122.13 | ↑ +19% |
| AultCare | Commercial|All Plans | $124.20 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $138.69 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $138.69 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $159.39 | ↑ +55% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protein western blot tissue at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $99.45 | $1.10 – $137.70 |
| akron general | Akron | not published | $36.09 – $170.55 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $38.70 – $157.90 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $63.19 – $73.17 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $39.65 – $157.90 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $34.94 – $157.90 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $35.46 – $157.90 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $34.94 – $157.90 |