Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$34.14

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.

$52.53

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.

$2.17 with AETNA vs $2,219.67 with ANTHEM — 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
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2.17 ↓ -94%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $11.61 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $14.86 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $16.81 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $16.81 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $17.33 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $18.86 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $20.96 ↓ -39%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $23.64 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $25.53 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $25.95 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $26.27 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $27.37 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $28.37 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $29.05 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $29.73 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $31.52 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $31.52 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $36.25 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $36.77 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $36.77 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $39.40 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $39.40 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $42.02 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $47.28 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $47.28 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $47.28 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $47.28 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $52.53 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $576.07 ↑ +1587%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $606.39 ↑ +1676%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $606.39 ↑ +1676%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $636.71 ↑ +1765%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $636.71 ↑ +1765%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $636.71 ↑ +1765%
United BH Managed Medicaid $642.77 ↑ +1783%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $667.03 ↑ +1854%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $715.90 ↑ +1997%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $715.90 ↑ +1997%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $715.90 ↑ +1997%
OPTUM All Products VA $715.90 ↑ +1997%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $740.96 ↑ +2070%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $749.23 ↑ +2095%
Valor HMO & PPO $749.23 ↑ +2095%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $749.23 ↑ +2095%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $749.23 ↑ +2095%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $749.23 ↑ +2095%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $771.71 ↑ +2160%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $773.17 ↑ +2165%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $809.17 ↑ +2270%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $824.15 ↑ +2314%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $824.15 ↑ +2314%
AETNA Acop $1,333.63 ↑ +3806%
ANTHEM HPN $1,343.74 ↑ +3836%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,538.09 ↑ +4405%
AETNA International $1,631.09 ↑ +4678%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,219.67 ↑ +6402%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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