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Contrast x-ray of brain at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$3,543.15
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.
$5,451.00
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.
$0.87 with AETNA vs $5,451.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | Acop | $0.87 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $287.85 | ↓ -92% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $306.46 | ↓ -91% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $322.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $322.59 | ↓ -91% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $338.72 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $338.72 | ↓ -90% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $338.72 | ↓ -90% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $341.95 | ↓ -90% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $354.85 | ↓ -90% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $730.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $730.00 | ↓ -79% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $730.00 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $730.00 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $741.65 | ↓ -79% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $741.65 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $741.65 | ↓ -79% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $741.65 | ↓ -79% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $741.65 | ↓ -79% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $755.55 | ↓ -79% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $763.90 | ↓ -78% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $788.40 | ↓ -78% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $800.98 | ↓ -77% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $815.81 | ↓ -77% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $815.81 | ↓ -77% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,541.54 | ↓ -56% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,744.32 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,744.32 | ↓ -51% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $1,798.83 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA | International | $1,821.65 | ↓ -49% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,909.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $1,956.91 | ↓ -45% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $2,197.21 | ↓ -38% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,207.66 | ↓ -38% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,452.95 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,649.19 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $2,692.79 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,725.50 | ↓ -23% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $2,839.97 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $2,943.54 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $3,014.40 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $3,085.27 | ↓ -13% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,270.60 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $3,270.60 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,620.61 | ↑ +2% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $3,761.19 | ↑ +6% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,815.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $3,815.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,088.25 | ↑ +15% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,088.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $4,360.80 | ↑ +23% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $4,905.90 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $4,905.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $4,905.90 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,905.90 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $5,451.00 | ↑ +54% |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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 | $3,852.55 | $1.10 – $741.65 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $261.49 – $815.81 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $536.61 – $621.34 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $261.49 – $815.81 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $316.34 – $815.81 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $261.49 – $815.81 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $329.58 – $815.81 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | not published | $514.18 – $595.36 |