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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$176.15
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.
$271.00
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.
$0.95 with AETNA vs $271.00 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 | $0.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.11 | ↓ -99% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $35.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $35.34 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $35.34 | ↓ -80% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $35.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $35.34 | ↓ -80% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $36.09 | ↓ -80% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $36.27 | ↓ -79% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $36.27 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $36.27 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $36.27 | ↓ -79% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $36.40 | ↓ -79% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $37.54 | ↓ -79% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $37.99 | ↓ -78% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $37.99 | ↓ -78% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $38.16 | ↓ -78% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $38.87 | ↓ -78% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.17 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $39.89 | ↓ -77% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $39.89 | ↓ -77% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $39.89 | ↓ -77% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $40.27 | ↓ -77% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $41.79 | ↓ -76% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $47.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $47.09 | ↓ -73% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $59.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $61.58 | ↓ -65% |
| Oscar | All Products | $62.51 | ↓ -65% |
| MMO | NASCO | $68.10 | ↓ -61% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $68.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $68.83 | ↓ -61% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $75.15 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $76.14 | ↓ -57% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $76.64 | ↓ -56% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $76.98 | ↓ -56% |
| United | All Products | $76.98 | ↓ -56% |
| PPHP | All Products | $78.25 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Valor | All Products | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $78.93 | ↓ -55% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $81.50 | ↓ -54% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $82.88 | ↓ -53% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $86.72 | ↓ -51% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $86.72 | ↓ -51% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $89.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $89.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $89.43 | ↓ -49% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $90.96 | ↓ -48% |
| OHCP | All Products | $95.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $97.29 | ↓ -45% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $104.69 | ↓ -41% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $121.52 | ↓ -31% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $121.95 | ↓ -31% |
| OMAS | All Products | $123.00 | ↓ -30% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $131.71 | ↓ -25% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $135.50 | ↓ -23% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $140.99 | ↓ -20% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $141.19 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $143.42 | ↓ -19% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $146.34 | ↓ -17% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $147.60 | ↓ -16% |
| Summacare | Premier | $147.80 | ↓ -16% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $149.86 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $153.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $158.62 | ↓ -10% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $158.62 | ↓ -10% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $158.62 | ↓ -10% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $162.60 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $162.60 | ↓ -8% |
| GMS | All Products | $172.20 | ↓ -2% |
| MMO | Traditional | $172.20 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $184.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $184.50 | ↑ +5% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $186.99 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | International | $189.70 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $189.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $189.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Asa | $196.80 | ↑ +12% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $203.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $203.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $216.80 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $221.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $243.90 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $243.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $243.90 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $243.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $246.00 | ↑ +40% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $271.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | 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 | — |
| United | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | 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 | Managed Medicaid Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $176.15 | $1.10 – $243.90 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $176.15 | $38.16 – $243.90 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $159.90 | $1.10 – $221.40 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $111.00 | $32.71 – $133.20 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $111.00 | $35.34 – $133.20 |
| University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | $48.00 | $37.38 – $107.19 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $111.00 | $35.34 – $63.61 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $111.00 | $35.34 – $63.61 |