X-ray exam of middle ear at Trinity Medical Center East
4000 Johnson Rd, Steubenville, OH · Trinity Health · · NPI 1285715144
$157.71
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.
$318.00
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.
$190.80 with AultCare vs $2,127.69 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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| AultCare | Commercial|All Plans | $190.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $213.06 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $213.06 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $238.50 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $238.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $244.86 | ↑ +55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $445.13 | ↑ +182% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $445.13 | ↑ +182% |
| Medical Mutual | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| Highmark | Medicare|All Plans | $506.62 | ↑ +221% |
| CareSource | Medicare|MyCare | $531.96 | ↑ +237% |
| CareSource | Medicare|Just 4 Me | $882.56 | ↑ +460% |
| Highmark | Commercial|Steel | $1,917.78 | ↑ +1116% |
| Highmark | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,127.69 | ↑ +1249% |
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X-ray exam of middle ear at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin Methodist Hospital | Dublin | $1,223.95 | $526.87 – $526.87 |
| Shelby Hospital | Shelby | $326.95 | not published |
| Berger Hospital | Circleville | $341.25 | $98.75 – $98.75 |
| Grant Medical Center | Columbus | $1,223.95 | $526.87 – $526.87 |
| Southeastern Medical Center | Cambridge | $213.85 | $516.95 – $537.63 |
| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | $1,223.95 | $538.39 – $538.39 |
| Hardin Memorial Hospital | Kenton | $408.20 | not published |
| Marion General Hospital | Marion | $339.95 | $521.74 – $542.61 |