Assay of phenylketones 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

$17.55

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.

$27.00

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 $27.00 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 ↓ -95%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -94%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $3.98 ↓ -77%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.98 ↓ -77%
Valor HMO & PPO $3.98 ↓ -77%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.98 ↓ -77%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.98 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.98 ↓ -77%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.98 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3.98 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.10 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.12 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $4.30 ↓ -75%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.30 ↓ -75%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $4.38 ↓ -75%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $4.38 ↓ -75%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $7.64 ↓ -56%
AETNA International $8.39 ↓ -52%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $8.64 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $8.64 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $8.91 ↓ -49%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $8.96 ↓ -49%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $9.33 ↓ -47%
Summacare PREMIER $9.69 ↓ -45%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $9.82 ↓ -44%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $9.82 ↓ -44%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $10.24 ↓ -42%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $10.27 ↓ -41%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $10.31 ↓ -41%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $10.31 ↓ -41%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $10.31 ↓ -41%
United BH Managed Medicaid $10.41 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $12.15 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $13.12 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $13.34 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $13.50 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM HPN $13.86 ↓ -21%
MMO TRADITIONAL $14.07 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $14.58 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $14.93 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $15.28 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $16.20 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $16.20 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16.31 ↓ -7%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $18.63 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $18.90 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $18.90 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $20.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $20.25 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $21.60 ↑ +23%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $24.30 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $24.30 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $24.30 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $24.30 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $27.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Assay of phenylketones at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $17.55 $1.81 – $24.30
lodi hospital Lodi $17.55 $1.89 – $24.30
avon hospital Avon not published $3.33 – $10.20
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $16.33 – $18.91
euclid hospital Euclid not published $3.33 – $11.87
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $3.98 – $11.14
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3.33 – $10.62
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $3.98 – $11.62

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