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Chromatogram assay sugars at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$174.85
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.
$269.00
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 $269.00 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 |
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| AETNA | Acop | $0.95 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.11 | ↓ -99% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $16.56 | ↓ -91% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $17.43 | ↓ -90% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $17.43 | ↓ -90% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $18.30 | ↓ -90% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $18.30 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $18.30 | ↓ -90% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $18.48 | ↓ -89% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $19.17 | ↓ -89% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.00 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $40.17 | ↓ -77% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $40.37 | ↓ -77% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $42.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $42.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $42.90 | ↓ -75% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $42.90 | ↓ -75% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $76.07 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA | International | $82.23 | ↓ -53% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $86.08 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $86.08 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $87.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $88.77 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $96.57 | ↓ -45% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $100.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $121.05 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $130.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $132.89 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $134.50 | ↓ -23% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $135.84 | ↓ -22% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $140.15 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $145.26 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $148.76 | ↓ -15% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $150.97 | ↓ -14% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $152.25 | ↓ -13% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $159.81 | ↓ -9% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $161.40 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $161.40 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $185.61 | ↑ +6% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $188.30 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $188.30 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $215.20 | ↑ +23% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $242.10 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $242.10 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $242.10 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $242.10 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $269.00 | ↑ +54% |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | not published by hospital | — |
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Chromatogram assay sugars at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $174.85 | $15.60 – $242.10 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $174.85 | $16.27 – $242.10 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $17.76 – $139.77 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $29.00 – $33.58 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $18.19 – $139.77 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $17.09 – $139.77 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $16.27 – $139.77 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $17.81 – $139.77 |