Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 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

$240.50

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.

$370.00

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 $370.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $15.42 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $16.61 ↓ -93%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $20.01 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $20.16 ↓ -92%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $21.06 ↓ -91%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $22.11 ↓ -91%
United Managed Medicaid $22.11 ↓ -91%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $22.15 ↓ -91%
Valor All Products $22.15 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $22.15 ↓ -91%
The Health Plan All Products $22.15 ↓ -91%
United Medicare Advantage $22.15 ↓ -91%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.15 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $22.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.15 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $22.53 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $23.17 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $23.17 ↓ -90%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $23.26 ↓ -90%
PPHP All Products $24.37 ↓ -90%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $34.34 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $37.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna Acop $39.79 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM HPN $44.26 ↓ -82%
United HMO & PPO $45.07 ↓ -81%
Summacare Preferred $45.19 ↓ -81%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $45.27 ↓ -81%
Summacare Premier $48.39 ↓ -80%
United All Products - Mid-Level $54.20 ↓ -77%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $54.56 ↓ -77%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $57.43 ↓ -76%
Oscar All Products $58.19 ↓ -76%
United All Products $59.56 ↓ -75%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -75%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -75%
United BH Managed Medicaid $60.88 ↓ -75%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $63.17 ↓ -74%
OPTUM All Products VA $85.47 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $85.47 ↓ -64%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.47 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $85.47 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $87.21 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Physician $87.21 ↓ -64%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.46 ↓ -63%
OHCP All Products $89.08 ↓ -63%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.31 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $95.78 ↓ -60%
Valor HMO & PPO $96.11 ↓ -60%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.11 ↓ -60%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.11 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.11 ↓ -60%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.11 ↓ -60%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.99 ↓ -59%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $103.80 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $104.64 ↓ -56%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $105.72 ↓ -56%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $113.13 ↓ -53%
OMAS All Products $114.50 ↓ -52%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $118.40 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $118.40 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $132.83 ↓ -45%
Optum All Products Transplant $133.51 ↓ -44%
PHPHI All Products $137.40 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $149.85 ↓ -38%
MMO SuperMed $152.32 ↓ -37%
MMO NASCO $152.32 ↓ -37%
MMO Traditional $160.30 ↓ -33%
GMS All Products $160.30 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $166.50 ↓ -31%
Consociate Health All Products $171.75 ↓ -29%
Aetna All Products First Health $171.75 ↓ -29%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $179.82 ↓ -25%
Aetna Asa $183.20 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $185.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $192.77 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $199.80 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $204.61 ↓ -15%
Multiplan All Products $206.10 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $209.42 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $222.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $222.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $222.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $229.00 ↓ -5%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $247.39 ↑ +3%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $255.30 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $259.00 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $259.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $259.00 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $259.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $277.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $277.50 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $284.74 ↑ +18%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $296.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $311.17 ↑ +29%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $333.00 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $333.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $333.00 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $333.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $370.00 ↑ +54%
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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