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Art pressure waveform analys 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

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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.

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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.

$22.63 with MMO vs $81.07 with ANTHEM — 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
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $22.63
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $22.63
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.63
OPTUM All Products VA $22.63
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.42
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.44
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.36
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.36
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.36
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.36
Valor HMO & PPO $27.36
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.18
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $29.55
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $30.10
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $30.10
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $68.77
ANTHEM HPN $68.91
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $70.43
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $72.39
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $72.39
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $76.01
UNITED Managed Medicaid $76.01
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $76.01
United BH Managed Medicaid $76.73
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $79.63
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $81.07

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Art pressure waveform analys at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $135.85 $1.10 – $126.90
avon hospital Avon not published $22.70 – $75.17
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $120.42 – $139.44
euclid hospital Euclid not published $22.70 – $87.51
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $22.70 – $82.20
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $22.70 – $78.25
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $22.70 – $85.65
lodi hospital Lodi not published $24.49 – $133.62

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