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Contrast x-ray of brain at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
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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.
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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.
$302.11 with OPTUM vs $1,863.61 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.
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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| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $302.11 | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $318.01 | — |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $318.01 | — |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $329.98 | — |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $329.98 | — |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $329.98 | — |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $329.98 | — |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $330.06 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $330.06 | — |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $330.06 | — |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $330.06 | — |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $330.06 | — |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $333.91 | — |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $333.91 | — |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $333.91 | — |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $337.09 | — |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $339.96 | — |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $341.53 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $349.81 | — |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $356.38 | — |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $356.47 | — |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $363.07 | — |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $363.07 | — |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $831.16 | — |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $849.58 | — |
| AETNA | International | $937.63 | — |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $977.84 | — |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,863.61 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | not published | $330.06 – $440.69 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $324.01 – $363.07 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $528.99 – $612.51 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $330.06 – $384.36 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $311.86 – $363.07 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $296.89 – $363.07 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $324.90 – $376.20 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | not published | $356.43 – $586.92 |