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Compre oph exam new pt 1/> 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

$385.45

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.

$593.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $593.00 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.

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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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA Acop $48.59 ↓ -87%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $54.56 ↓ -86%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $56.71 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $57.43 ↓ -85%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $57.43 ↓ -85%
AETNA International $60.00 ↓ -84%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -84%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -84%
United BH Managed Medicaid $60.88 ↓ -84%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $63.17 ↓ -84%
OPTUM All Products VA $119.07 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $119.07 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $119.07 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $119.07 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.24 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.96 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.96 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.96 ↓ -67%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.96 ↓ -67%
Valor HMO & PPO $125.96 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.60 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $129.74 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $136.03 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $138.55 ↓ -64%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $138.55 ↓ -64%
ANTHEM HPN $162.66 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $167.70 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $189.76 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $189.76 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $195.69 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $212.89 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $240.17 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $266.85 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $288.20 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $292.94 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $296.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $308.95 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $320.22 ↓ -17%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $324.21 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $327.93 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $335.64 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $355.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $355.80 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $373.16 ↓ -3%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $409.17 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $415.10 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $415.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $444.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $444.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $474.40 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $533.70 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $533.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $533.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $533.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $593.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Compre oph exam new pt 1/> at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $473.20 $0.01 – $655.20
avon hospital Avon $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70
euclid hospital Euclid $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70
lodi hospital Lodi $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $385.45 $0.01 – $533.70

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