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Assay of estrogen 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.

$21.97 with OPTUM vs $360.11 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $21.97
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $23.13
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $23.13
UNITED Managed Medicaid $24.29
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $24.29
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $24.29
United BH Managed Medicaid $24.52
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $25.44
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $87.88
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $87.88
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88
Valor HMO & PPO $87.88
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $90.52
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $90.96
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.91
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $94.91
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $96.67
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $96.67
AETNA International $185.28
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $197.73
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $226.20
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $284.42
ANTHEM HPN $306.09
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $360.11

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Assay of estrogen at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $27.68 – $284.42
avon hospital Avon not published $23.57 – $263.33
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $38.48 – $44.56
euclid hospital Euclid not published $24.15 – $263.33
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $22.69 – $263.33
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $21.59 – $263.33
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $23.64 – $263.33
lodi hospital Lodi not published $36.66 – $42.70

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