Assay blood catecholamines 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

$130.65

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.

$201.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $201.00 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
AETNA Acop $0.95 ↓ -99%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -99%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $17.46 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $18.38 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $18.38 ↓ -86%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $19.30 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $19.30 ↓ -85%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $19.30 ↓ -85%
United BH Managed Medicaid $19.48 ↓ -85%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $20.22 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $29.08 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.08 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.08 ↓ -78%
Valor HMO & PPO $29.08 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.08 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.08 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $29.08 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.08 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.95 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.10 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.41 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $31.41 ↓ -76%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $31.99 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $31.99 ↓ -76%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $56.84 ↓ -56%
AETNA International $61.31 ↓ -53%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $64.32 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $64.32 ↓ -51%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $65.43 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $66.33 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $72.16 ↓ -45%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $74.85 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $77.19 ↓ -41%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $90.45 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $97.69 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $99.29 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $100.50 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM HPN $101.29 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $104.72 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $108.54 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $111.15 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $113.77 ↓ -13%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $119.16 ↓ -9%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $120.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $120.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $138.69 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $140.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $140.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $150.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $150.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $160.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $180.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $180.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $180.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $180.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $201.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —

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Assay blood catecholamines at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $130.65 $12.37 – $180.90
lodi hospital Lodi $130.65 $12.90 – $180.90
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $19.19 – $71.47
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