healthcosts.net

Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img 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

$514.80

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$792.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $2,479.04 with ANTHEM — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $47.83 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $54.09 ↓ -89%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $61.15 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $62.55 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $64.37 ↓ -87%
United Managed Medicaid $67.59 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $67.59 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $69.91 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $70.81 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $70.81 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan All Products $72.12 ↓ -86%
Valor All Products $72.12 ↓ -86%
United Medicare Advantage $72.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.12 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $72.12 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $72.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $72.12 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $72.12 ↓ -86%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $75.73 ↓ -85%
PPHP All Products $79.33 ↓ -85%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $105.60 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $105.60 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $140.86 ↓ -73%
Summacare Preferred $147.12 ↓ -71%
Summacare Premier $150.12 ↓ -71%
United HMO & PPO $191.45 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $201.25 ↓ -61%
United All Products - Mid-Level $210.37 ↓ -59%
United All Products $226.74 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $268.22 ↓ -48%
Anthem All Products Physician $268.22 ↓ -48%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $268.22 ↓ -48%
OHCP All Products $308.09 ↓ -40%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $391.25 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $396.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $461.74 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $475.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $554.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $554.40 ↑ +8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $558.63 ↑ +9%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $588.03 ↑ +14%
Consociate Health All Products $594.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $594.00 ↑ +15%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $617.43 ↑ +20%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $617.43 ↑ +20%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $617.43 ↑ +20%
United BH Managed Medicaid $623.31 ↑ +21%
Aetna Asa $633.60 ↑ +23%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $646.83 ↑ +26%
Multiplan All Products $712.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $792.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $822.61 ↑ +60%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $822.61 ↑ +60%
OPTUM All Products VA $822.61 ↑ +60%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $822.61 ↑ +60%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↑ +63%
Valor HMO & PPO $836.78 ↑ +63%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↑ +63%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↑ +63%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↑ +63%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $851.40 ↑ +65%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $861.88 ↑ +67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $888.42 ↑ +73%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $903.72 ↑ +76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $920.46 ↑ +79%
MMO SuperMed $1,555.46 ↑ +202%
MMO NASCO $1,555.46 ↑ +202%
ANTHEM HPN $2,107.18 ↑ +309%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,153.87 ↑ +318%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,479.04 ↑ +382%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
avon hospital Avon $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
euclid hospital Euclid $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
medina hospital Medina $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →