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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$481.65
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.
$741.00
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.
$0.01 with UNITED vs $741.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Oscar | All Products | $14.99 | ↓ -97% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $16.16 | ↓ -97% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $17.01 | ↓ -96% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $17.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $17.86 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $17.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $18.71 | ↓ -96% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $18.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $22.33 | ↓ -95% |
| OHCP | All Products | $22.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $23.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $24.96 | ↓ -95% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $28.36 | ↓ -94% |
| PPHP | All Products | $28.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $29.15 | ↓ -94% |
| OMAS | All Products | $29.50 | ↓ -94% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $29.85 | ↓ -94% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Valor | All Products | $30.99 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $31.34 | ↓ -93% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $31.34 | ↓ -93% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $31.34 | ↓ -93% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $31.64 | ↓ -93% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $32.54 | ↓ -93% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $32.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $34.40 | ↓ -93% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $35.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $36.65 | ↓ -92% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $36.65 | ↓ -92% |
| GMS | All Products | $41.30 | ↓ -91% |
| MMO | Traditional | $41.30 | ↓ -91% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $42.94 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $44.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $44.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Asa | $47.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $53.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Summacare | Premier | $53.59 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $55.37 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $59.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $63.22 | ↓ -87% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $69.69 | ↓ -86% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $76.58 | ↓ -84% |
| United | All Products | $82.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $93.08 | ↓ -81% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $93.08 | ↓ -81% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $93.08 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $119.10 | ↓ -75% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $119.10 | ↓ -75% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $119.10 | ↓ -75% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $119.10 | ↓ -75% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.27 | ↓ -74% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $125.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.87 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.87 | ↓ -74% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.63 | ↓ -73% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $129.65 | ↓ -73% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $135.94 | ↓ -72% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $138.46 | ↓ -71% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $209.55 | ↓ -56% |
| MMO | NASCO | $218.62 | ↓ -55% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $218.62 | ↓ -55% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $237.12 | ↓ -51% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $237.12 | ↓ -51% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $266.02 | ↓ -45% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $300.11 | ↓ -38% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $324.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $333.45 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $360.13 | ↓ -25% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $370.50 | ↓ -23% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $372.91 | ↓ -23% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $386.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $400.14 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $409.77 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $419.41 | ↓ -13% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $444.60 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $444.60 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | Acop | $444.60 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $511.29 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $518.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $518.70 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | International | $518.70 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $518.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $555.75 | ↑ +15% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $555.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $592.80 | ↑ +23% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $666.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $666.90 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $666.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $666.90 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $741.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $481.65 | $0.01 – $666.90 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $481.65 | $0.01 – $666.90 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | $481.65 | $49.65 – $666.90 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $481.65 | $0.01 – $666.90 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $481.65 | $0.01 – $666.90 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $481.65 | $0.01 – $666.90 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $481.65 | $0.01 – $666.90 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $481.65 | $47.58 – $666.90 |