Analysis; simple cranial nerv pulse gen prgrmg 95976 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

$208.65

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.

$321.00

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 $321.00 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 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $22.76 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $23.54 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $29.76 ↓ -86%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $30.46 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $31.38 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $31.38 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan All Products $31.38 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.38 ↓ -85%
Valor All Products $31.38 ↓ -85%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $31.38 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.38 ↓ -85%
United Medicare Advantage $31.38 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $32.06 ↓ -85%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $32.95 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $33.26 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $33.66 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $33.66 ↓ -84%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.46 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $34.46 ↓ -83%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $34.46 ↓ -83%
OPTUM All Products VA $34.46 ↓ -83%
PPHP All Products $34.52 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $35.27 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $35.27 ↓ -83%
Valor HMO & PPO $35.31 ↓ -83%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.31 ↓ -83%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.31 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.31 ↓ -83%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.31 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.66 ↓ -83%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.37 ↓ -83%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.21 ↓ -82%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $38.13 ↓ -82%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $38.84 ↓ -81%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $49.61 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $51.80 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $53.06 ↓ -75%
Aetna Acop $57.04 ↓ -73%
Cigna All Products Physician $58.62 ↓ -72%
Summacare Preferred $64.02 ↓ -69%
MMO NASCO $64.51 ↓ -69%
MMO SuperMed $64.51 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM HPN $64.66 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $69.09 ↓ -67%
Summacare Premier $71.42 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $72.68 ↓ -65%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $73.53 ↓ -65%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $77.40 ↓ -63%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $81.27 ↓ -61%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $81.27 ↓ -61%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $81.27 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $81.57 ↓ -61%
United BH Managed Medicaid $82.04 ↓ -61%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $82.24 ↓ -61%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $82.24 ↓ -61%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $85.14 ↓ -59%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $90.89 ↓ -56%
Summacare PREMIER $92.26 ↓ -56%
United All Products - Mid-Level $98.69 ↓ -53%
United HMO & PPO $100.51 ↓ -52%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $104.09 ↓ -50%
United All Products $104.31 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $104.61 ↓ -50%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $115.65 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $124.87 ↓ -40%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $124.90 ↓ -40%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $126.96 ↓ -39%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $128.50 ↓ -38%
Anthem All Products Physician $131.57 ↓ -37%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $131.57 ↓ -37%
MMO TRADITIONAL $133.90 ↓ -36%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $134.75 ↓ -35%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $138.78 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $142.12 ↓ -32%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $145.46 ↓ -30%
The Health Plan HMO $154.20 ↓ -26%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $154.20 ↓ -26%
AETNA Acop $154.20 ↓ -26%
OMAS All Products $160.50 ↓ -23%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $177.33 ↓ -15%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $179.90 ↓ -14%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $179.90 ↓ -14%
AETNA International $179.90 ↓ -14%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $179.90 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $187.14 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $192.60 ↓ -8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $192.75 ↓ -8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $192.75 ↓ -8%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $200.72 ↓ -4%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $205.60 ↓ -1%
GMS All Products $224.70 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $224.70 ↑ +8%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $231.30 ↑ +11%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $231.30 ↑ +11%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $231.30 ↑ +11%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $231.30 ↑ +11%
Consociate Health All Products $240.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $240.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $256.80 ↑ +23%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $257.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $288.90 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $321.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Analysis; simple cranial nerv pulse gen prgrmg 95976 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $208.65 $1.10 – $288.90
avon hospital Avon $167.05 $34.57 – $231.30
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