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Blood smear interpretation at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$128.70
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.
$198.00
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 $198.00 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% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $6.74 | ↓ -95% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $7.09 | ↓ -94% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $7.09 | ↓ -94% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $7.44 | ↓ -94% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $7.44 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $7.44 | ↓ -94% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $7.52 | ↓ -94% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $7.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $14.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $14.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $18.73 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Valor | All Products | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $18.82 | ↓ -85% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $19.76 | ↓ -85% |
| PPHP | All Products | $20.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $20.94 | ↓ -84% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $24.72 | ↓ -81% |
| United | All Products | $29.71 | ↓ -77% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $31.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $31.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $31.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $38.39 | ↓ -70% |
| MMO | NASCO | $39.42 | ↓ -69% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $39.42 | ↓ -69% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $39.77 | ↓ -69% |
| Summacare | Premier | $44.96 | ↓ -65% |
| Oscar | All Products | $50.31 | ↓ -61% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.40 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $55.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $56.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $56.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $56.89 | ↓ -56% |
| OHCP | All Products | $77.02 | ↓ -40% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $97.81 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $99.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $115.43 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $118.80 | ↓ -8% |
| MMO | Traditional | $138.60 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | All Products | $138.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $148.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $148.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Asa | $158.40 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $178.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $198.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood smear interpretation at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $128.70 | $1.10 – $178.20 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $128.70 | $1.10 – $178.20 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $252.75 | $16.75 – $303.30 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $252.75 | $8.84 – $303.30 |
| University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | $252.75 | $16.75 – $59.00 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $252.75 | $18.72 – $33.70 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $252.75 | $16.75 – $33.70 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $252.75 | $16.75 – $69.00 |