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Assay of cathepsin-d 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.

$14.40 with OPTUM vs $91.80 with CC EHP — 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $14.40
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $15.16
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $15.16
UNITED Managed Medicaid $15.92
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $15.92
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $15.92
United BH Managed Medicaid $16.07
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $16.68
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.06
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.06
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.06
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $18.06
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.06
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $18.06
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.06
Valor HMO & PPO $18.06
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.60
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.69
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.50
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $19.50
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $19.87
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $19.87
AETNA International $38.07
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $40.64
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $46.49
ANTHEM HPN $62.90
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $74.01
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $91.80

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Assay of cathepsin-d at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $8.92 – $91.80
avon hospital Avon not published $15.45 – $84.99
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $25.22 – $29.21
euclid hospital Euclid not published $15.83 – $84.99
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $14.87 – $84.99
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $14.16 – $84.99
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $15.49 – $84.99
lodi hospital Lodi not published $9.30 – $27.98

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