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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$132.60
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.
$204.00
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 $1,909.17 with UNITED — 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% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.65 | ↓ -99% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $14.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $17.26 | ↓ -87% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $18.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $21.06 | ↓ -84% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Valor | All Products | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $23.01 | ↓ -83% |
| PPHP | All Products | $23.94 | ↓ -82% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $24.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $31.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $31.65 | ↓ -76% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $43.28 | ↓ -67% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $44.96 | ↓ -66% |
| Summacare | Premier | $45.23 | ↓ -66% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $46.94 | ↓ -65% |
| Oscar | All Products | $51.84 | ↓ -61% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $59.17 | ↓ -55% |
| United | All Products | $65.04 | ↓ -51% |
| OHCP | All Products | $79.36 | ↓ -40% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $80.37 | ↓ -39% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $80.37 | ↓ -39% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $80.37 | ↓ -39% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $100.78 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $102.00 | ↓ -23% |
| MMO | NASCO | $110.16 | ↓ -17% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $110.16 | ↓ -17% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $118.93 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $122.40 | ↓ -8% |
| GMS | All Products | $142.80 | ↑ +8% |
| MMO | Traditional | $142.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $153.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $153.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Asa | $163.20 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $183.60 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $204.00 | ↑ +54% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $247.14 | ↑ +86% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $260.15 | ↑ +96% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $260.15 | ↑ +96% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $273.16 | ↑ +106% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $273.16 | ↑ +106% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $273.16 | ↑ +106% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $275.76 | ↑ +108% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $286.17 | ↑ +116% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $371.28 | ↑ +180% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $371.28 | ↑ +180% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $371.28 | ↑ +180% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $371.28 | ↑ +180% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $378.21 | ↑ +185% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $378.21 | ↑ +185% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $378.21 | ↑ +185% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $378.21 | ↑ +185% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $378.21 | ↑ +185% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $384.28 | ↑ +190% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $389.56 | ↑ +194% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $400.99 | ↑ +202% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $408.47 | ↑ +208% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $416.04 | ↑ +214% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $952.42 | ↑ +618% |
| AETNA | International | $959.83 | ↑ +624% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $973.52 | ↑ +634% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $1,120.50 | ↑ +745% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,909.17 | ↑ +1340% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,935.05 | $1.10 – $2,495.70 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $132.60 | $1.10 – $389.56 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $265.05 – $416.04 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $432.73 – $501.06 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $271.56 – $416.04 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $255.11 – $416.04 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $242.88 – $416.04 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $265.78 – $416.04 |