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Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling 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

$1,632.80

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.

$2,512.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $9,879.99 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $150.36 ↓ -91%
United Medicare Advantage $200.48 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $200.48 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $200.48 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $200.48 ↓ -88%
Valor All Products $200.48 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan All Products $200.48 ↓ -88%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $200.48 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $200.48 ↓ -88%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $210.50 ↓ -87%
PPHP All Products $220.53 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $231.29 ↓ -86%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $285.96 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $301.01 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $302.46 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $316.06 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $316.06 ↓ -81%
Molina Managed Medicaid $331.11 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $331.11 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $338.04 ↓ -79%
Summacare Preferred $408.98 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $498.09 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $498.09 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $638.30 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $662.42 ↓ -59%
Summacare Premier $725.89 ↓ -56%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $895.32 ↓ -45%
United HMO & PPO $925.93 ↓ -43%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $942.44 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $977.17 ↓ -40%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $989.56 ↓ -39%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $989.56 ↓ -39%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $989.56 ↓ -39%
United BH Managed Medicaid $998.99 ↓ -39%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,017.43 ↓ -38%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,036.68 ↓ -37%
United All Products $1,096.59 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,240.93 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,256.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,265.05 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,265.05 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,265.05 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,464.50 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,507.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $1,758.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,758.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,884.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,884.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,009.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,260.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,512.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,186.78 ↑ +95%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,186.78 ↑ +95%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $3,186.78 ↑ +95%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,186.78 ↑ +95%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,298.32 ↑ +102%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +104%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,334.90 ↑ +104%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +104%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +104%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +104%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,434.95 ↑ +110%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,441.72 ↑ +111%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,601.70 ↑ +121%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,668.39 ↑ +125%
MMO SuperMed $5,953.02 ↑ +265%
MMO NASCO $5,953.02 ↑ +265%
ANTHEM HPN $8,397.95 ↑ +414%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,584.04 ↑ +426%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,879.99 ↑ +505%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
avon hospital Avon $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
euclid hospital Euclid $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
fairview hospital Cleveland $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
lutheran hospital Cleveland $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50
medina hospital Medina $10,312.25 $0.01 – $14,278.50

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