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Bowel imaging 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

$1,996.80

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.

$3,072.00

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.

$0.87 with AETNA vs $2,773.00 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 $0.87 ↓ -100%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1.65 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $19.36 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $22.92 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $25.31 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $28.29 ↓ -99%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $30.56 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $30.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.56 ↓ -98%
Valor All Products $30.56 ↓ -98%
United Medicare Advantage $30.56 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $30.56 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $30.56 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan All Products $30.56 ↓ -98%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $32.09 ↓ -98%
PPHP All Products $32.16 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $42.98 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $42.98 ↓ -98%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $58.47 ↓ -97%
United HMO & PPO $59.77 ↓ -97%
Summacare Premier $60.75 ↓ -97%
Summacare Preferred $62.34 ↓ -97%
Oscar All Products $75.98 ↓ -96%
United All Products - Mid-Level $78.67 ↓ -96%
United All Products $86.47 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Physician $109.15 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $109.15 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $109.15 ↓ -95%
OHCP All Products $116.31 ↓ -94%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $147.71 ↓ -93%
OMAS All Products $149.50 ↓ -93%
MMO SuperMed $161.46 ↓ -92%
MMO NASCO $161.46 ↓ -92%
Optum All Products Transplant $174.32 ↓ -91%
PHPHI All Products $179.40 ↓ -91%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $195.55 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $205.84 ↓ -90%
GMS All Products $209.30 ↓ -90%
MMO Traditional $209.30 ↓ -90%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $216.13 ↓ -89%
United Managed Medicaid $216.13 ↓ -89%
Aetna All Products First Health $224.25 ↓ -89%
Consociate Health All Products $224.25 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $226.42 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $226.42 ↓ -89%
Aetna Asa $239.20 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $247.14 ↓ -88%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $260.15 ↓ -87%
Multiplan All Products $269.10 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $273.16 ↓ -86%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $273.16 ↓ -86%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $273.16 ↓ -86%
United BH Managed Medicaid $275.76 ↓ -86%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $286.17 ↓ -86%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $299.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Acop $343.38 ↓ -83%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $371.28 ↓ -81%
OPTUM All Products VA $371.28 ↓ -81%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $371.28 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $371.28 ↓ -81%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $378.21 ↓ -81%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $378.21 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $378.21 ↓ -81%
Valor HMO & PPO $378.21 ↓ -81%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $378.21 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.28 ↓ -81%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $389.56 ↓ -80%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $400.99 ↓ -80%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $408.47 ↓ -80%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $416.04 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM HPN $541.33 ↓ -73%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $784.20 ↓ -61%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $887.36 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $887.36 ↓ -56%
AETNA International $959.83 ↓ -52%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $973.52 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $995.51 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,120.50 ↓ -44%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,123.07 ↓ -44%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,247.85 ↓ -38%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,347.68 ↓ -33%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,386.50 ↓ -31%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,444.73 ↓ -28%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,497.42 ↓ -25%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,533.47 ↓ -23%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,569.52 ↓ -21%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,663.80 ↓ -17%
The Health Plan HMO $1,663.80 ↓ -17%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,909.17 ↓ -4%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1,913.37 ↓ -4%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,941.10 ↓ -3%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,941.10 ↓ -3%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $2,079.75 ↑ +4%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,079.75 ↑ +4%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $2,218.40 ↑ +11%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,495.70 ↑ +25%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,495.70 ↑ +25%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,495.70 ↑ +25%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,495.70 ↑ +25%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,773.00 ↑ +39%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Bowel imaging at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,996.80 $1.10 – $2,495.70
avon hospital Avon $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
euclid hospital Euclid $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70
medina hospital Medina $1,802.45 $0.87 – $2,495.70

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