Audit/dast 15-30 min at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$169.00
Cash price 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.
$260.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.10 with Zing Health vs $118.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Oscar | All Products | $6.35 | ↓ -96% |
| OHCP | All Products | $9.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $12.35 | ↓ -93% |
| OMAS | All Products | $12.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $14.58 | ↓ -91% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $15.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $17.50 | ↓ -90% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $17.50 | ↓ -90% |
| MMO | Traditional | $17.50 | ↓ -90% |
| GMS | All Products | $17.50 | ↓ -90% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $17.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $18.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $18.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $19.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Asa | $20.00 | ↓ -88% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $20.65 | ↓ -88% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $22.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $25.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $25.52 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $28.52 | ↓ -83% |
| PPHP | All Products | $32.42 | ↓ -81% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $33.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $36.37 | ↓ -78% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $37.40 | ↓ -78% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $37.76 | ↓ -78% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $37.76 | ↓ -78% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $39.37 | ↓ -77% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $39.37 | ↓ -77% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $39.63 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $41.34 | ↓ -76% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $41.34 | ↓ -76% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $41.34 | ↓ -76% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $41.73 | ↓ -75% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $42.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | $43.22 | ↓ -74% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $43.31 | ↓ -74% |
| MMO | NASCO | $46.52 | ↓ -72% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $46.52 | ↓ -72% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $47.79 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Acop | $49.63 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | $51.06 | ↓ -70% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.10 | ↓ -69% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $55.47 | ↓ -67% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $56.71 | ↓ -66% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.35 | ↓ -66% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $59.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Summacare | Premier | $61.24 | ↓ -64% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $61.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $63.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $65.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $65.00 | ↓ -62% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $65.25 | ↓ -61% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $66.70 | ↓ -61% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $66.79 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA | Acop | $70.80 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $70.80 | ↓ -58% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $70.80 | ↓ -58% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $70.82 | ↓ -58% |
| United | All Products | $73.30 | ↓ -57% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $81.42 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $82.60 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA | International | $82.60 | ↓ -51% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $82.60 | ↓ -51% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $82.60 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $88.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $88.50 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $92.16 | ↓ -45% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $94.40 | ↓ -44% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $106.20 | ↓ -37% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $106.20 | ↓ -37% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $106.20 | ↓ -37% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $106.20 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $118.00 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | All Products | not published by hospital | — |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | not published by hospital | — |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor | All Products | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Audit/dast 15-30 min at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $169.00 | $1.10 – $234.00 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $169.00 | $1.10 – $1,276,448.04 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $54.00 | $15.91 – $64.80 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $54.00 | $16.06 – $64.80 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $54.00 | $34.04 – $61.26 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $54.00 | $34.04 – $61.26 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $54.00 | $19.40 – $61.26 |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $54.00 | $34.04 – $61.26 |