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Bundled special stain group 2 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

$81.90

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.

$126.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $372.91 with ANTHEM — 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 $0.95 ↓ -99%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -99%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $7.18 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $8.34 ↓ -90%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $9.38 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $10.49 ↓ -87%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $11.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.12 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $11.12 ↓ -86%
Valor All Products $11.12 ↓ -86%
United Medicare Advantage $11.12 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan All Products $11.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $11.12 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.12 ↓ -86%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $11.68 ↓ -86%
PPHP All Products $11.92 ↓ -85%
United HMO & PPO $12.40 ↓ -85%
United All Products $12.40 ↓ -85%
United All Products - Mid-Level $13.12 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $15.75 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $15.75 ↓ -81%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $19.84 ↓ -76%
Summacare Premier $22.52 ↓ -73%
Summacare Preferred $22.68 ↓ -72%
Oscar All Products $26.93 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $28.05 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $28.05 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Physician $28.05 ↓ -66%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $29.68 ↓ -64%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $31.24 ↓ -62%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $31.24 ↓ -62%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $32.80 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $32.80 ↓ -60%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $32.80 ↓ -60%
United BH Managed Medicaid $33.11 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $34.36 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $35.63 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $40.32 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $40.32 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $41.23 ↓ -50%
Summacare PREMIER $45.23 ↓ -45%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $52.36 ↓ -36%
OMAS All Products $53.00 ↓ -35%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $56.70 ↓ -31%
MMO NASCO $57.24 ↓ -30%
MMO SuperMed $57.24 ↓ -30%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $61.24 ↓ -25%
Optum All Products Transplant $61.80 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $63.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $63.60 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $65.65 ↓ -20%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $65.76 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $68.04 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $69.68 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $71.32 ↓ -13%
AETNA International $71.35 ↓ -13%
MMO Traditional $74.20 ↓ -9%
GMS All Products $74.20 ↓ -9%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $75.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $75.60 ↓ -8%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $76.14 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Products First Health $79.50 ↓ -3%
Consociate Health All Products $79.50 ↓ -3%
Aetna Asa $84.80 ↑ +4%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $86.94 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $88.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $88.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $94.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $94.50 ↑ +15%
Multiplan All Products $95.40 ↑ +16%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $100.80 ↑ +23%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $106.00 ↑ +29%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $113.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $113.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $113.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $113.40 ↑ +38%
OPTUM All Products VA $119.10 ↑ +45%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $119.10 ↑ +45%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $119.10 ↑ +45%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $119.10 ↑ +45%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.27 ↑ +51%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.87 ↑ +54%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.87 ↑ +54%
Valor HMO & PPO $125.87 ↑ +54%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.87 ↑ +54%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.87 ↑ +54%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $126.00 ↑ +54%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.63 ↑ +57%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $129.65 ↑ +58%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $135.94 ↑ +66%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $138.46 ↑ +69%
ANTHEM HPN $149.81 ↑ +83%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $324.00 ↑ +296%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $372.91 ↑ +355%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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