Contrast baths charges 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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $239.00 with UNITED — 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 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $8.46 ↓ -90%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $9.69 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $10.14 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $10.20 ↓ -88%
United Managed Medicaid $10.71 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $10.71 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $11.07 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $11.22 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $11.22 ↓ -86%
United HMO & PPO $12.06 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $12.37 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $13.52 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $13.52 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $13.52 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.52 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $13.52 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $13.52 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.52 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $13.52 ↓ -83%
PPHP All Products $14.06 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $14.20 ↓ -83%
United All Products - Mid-Level $16.47 ↓ -80%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $17.37 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.37 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $17.37 ↓ -79%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.82 ↓ -78%
Valor HMO & PPO $17.82 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.82 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.82 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.82 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.98 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.35 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.76 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $19.01 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $19.01 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $19.25 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $19.60 ↓ -76%
Oscar All Products $21.34 ↓ -74%
United All Products $21.57 ↓ -74%
MMO NASCO $23.30 ↓ -72%
MMO SuperMed $23.30 ↓ -72%
ANTHEM HPN $23.44 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $24.68 ↓ -70%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $25.98 ↓ -68%
Summacare Premier $26.56 ↓ -68%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↓ -67%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↓ -67%
United BH Managed Medicaid $27.54 ↓ -66%
Summacare Preferred $27.58 ↓ -66%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $27.65 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $28.29 ↓ -65%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $28.58 ↓ -65%
OHCP All Products $32.68 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $35.63 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $40.32 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $40.32 ↓ -51%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $41.50 ↓ -49%
AETNA Acop $41.83 ↓ -49%
OMAS All Products $42.00 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $45.23 ↓ -45%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $45.87 ↓ -44%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $48.27 ↓ -41%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $48.27 ↓ -41%
Anthem All Products Physician $48.27 ↓ -41%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $48.89 ↓ -40%
Optum All Products Transplant $48.97 ↓ -40%
PHPHI All Products $50.40 ↓ -38%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $51.03 ↓ -38%
AETNA International $51.28 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $56.70 ↓ -31%
GMS All Products $58.80 ↓ -28%
MMO Traditional $58.80 ↓ -28%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $61.24 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $63.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna All Products First Health $63.00 ↓ -23%
Consociate Health All Products $63.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $65.65 ↓ -20%
Aetna Asa $67.20 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $68.04 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $69.68 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $71.32 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $75.60 ↓ -8%
Multiplan All Products $75.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $75.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $84.00 ↑ +3%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $86.94 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $88.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $88.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $94.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $94.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $100.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $113.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $113.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $113.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $113.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $126.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $239.00 ↑ +192%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $61.20 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $64.20 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $61.20 not published
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