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Advance care planning each additional 30 min 99498 at akron general

1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$364.00

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.

$560.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $560.00 with Aetna — 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $17.35 ↓ -95%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $18.26 ↓ -95%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $18.26 ↓ -95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $19.17 ↓ -95%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $19.17 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $19.17 ↓ -95%
United BH Managed Medicaid $19.36 ↓ -95%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $20.09 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $43.49 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $46.96 ↓ -87%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $50.26 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $55.55 ↓ -85%
United Managed Medicaid $55.55 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $56.87 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $58.19 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $58.19 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $62.61 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $62.61 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $62.61 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $62.61 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $62.61 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $62.61 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $62.61 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $62.61 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $63.56 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $65.74 ↓ -82%
PPHP All Products $68.87 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $81.51 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $81.86 ↓ -78%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $89.30 ↓ -75%
Aetna Acop $103.88 ↓ -71%
Cigna All Products Physician $105.52 ↓ -71%
United HMO & PPO $116.17 ↓ -68%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $125.42 ↓ -66%
Summacare Preferred $127.72 ↓ -65%
Summacare Premier $136.48 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $142.30 ↓ -61%
United All Products - Mid-Level $142.31 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Physician $145.69 ↓ -60%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $145.69 ↓ -60%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $146.33 ↓ -60%
United All Products $153.51 ↓ -58%
OHCP All Products $217.84 ↓ -40%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $276.64 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $280.00 ↓ -23%
MMO NASCO $302.40 ↓ -17%
MMO SuperMed $302.40 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $326.48 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $336.00 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $392.00 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $392.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $420.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $420.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $448.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $504.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $560.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Advance care planning each additional 30 min 99498 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $364.00 $0.01 – $346.50
avon hospital Avon $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20
euclid hospital Euclid $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20
fairview hospital Cleveland $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20
lutheran hospital Cleveland $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20
medina hospital Medina $63.70 $0.01 – $88.20

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