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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$15.60
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.
$24.00
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.
$0.95 with AETNA vs $24.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | Acop | $0.95 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.43 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.53 | ↓ -77% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.55 | ↓ -77% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $3.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $3.77 | ↓ -76% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.77 | ↓ -76% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $6.74 | ↓ -57% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.79 | ↓ -56% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.87 | ↓ -56% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $7.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $7.09 | ↓ -55% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $7.44 | ↓ -52% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $7.44 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $7.44 | ↓ -52% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $7.52 | ↓ -52% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.68 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.68 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.73 | ↓ -50% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $7.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $7.92 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $8.62 | ↓ -45% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.83 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | International | $10.42 | ↓ -33% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $10.80 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $11.86 | ↓ -24% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $11.95 | ↓ -23% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $12.00 | ↓ -23% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $12.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $12.96 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $13.27 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $13.58 | ↓ -13% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $14.06 | ↓ -10% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.40 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $14.40 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $16.56 | ↑ +6% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $16.80 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $19.20 | ↑ +23% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $21.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $21.60 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $21.60 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $21.60 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $24.00 | ↑ +54% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $127.50 | $1.44 – $153.00 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $127.50 | $1.62 – $153.00 |
| University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | $219.00 | $1.44 – $59.00 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $127.50 | $3.43 – $6.17 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $127.50 | $1.44 – $6.17 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $219.00 | $1.44 – $69.00 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $127.50 | $1.96 – $6.17 |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $127.50 | $1.44 – $6.17 |