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Echo transesophageal at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$529.10
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.
$814.00
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.
$1.10 with Zing Health vs $749.78 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.
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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| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Oscar | All Products | $40.66 | ↓ -92% |
| OHCP | All Products | $62.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $79.04 | ↓ -85% |
| OMAS | All Products | $80.00 | ↓ -85% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $86.40 | ↓ -84% |
| MMO | NASCO | $86.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $93.28 | ↓ -82% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $96.00 | ↓ -82% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $107.62 | ↓ -80% |
| GMS | All Products | $112.00 | ↓ -79% |
| MMO | Traditional | $112.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $120.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $120.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Asa | $128.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $131.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $144.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $152.67 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $160.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $160.71 | ↓ -70% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $163.67 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $168.75 | ↓ -68% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $168.75 | ↓ -68% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $172.23 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $176.78 | ↓ -67% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $176.78 | ↓ -67% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $192.49 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| Valor | All Products | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $218.22 | ↓ -59% |
| PPHP | All Products | $218.83 | ↓ -59% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $229.13 | ↓ -57% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $280.48 | ↓ -47% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $295.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $295.21 | ↓ -44% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $295.24 | ↓ -44% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $310.00 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $310.00 | ↓ -41% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $310.00 | ↓ -41% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $312.95 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $324.76 | ↓ -39% |
| Summacare | Premier | $413.34 | ↓ -22% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $445.17 | ↓ -16% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $482.33 | ↓ -9% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $657.29 | ↑ +24% |
| United | All Products | $698.12 | ↑ +32% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $749.78 | ↑ +42% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $749.78 | ↑ +42% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $749.78 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transesophageal at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,983.15 | $1.10 – $2,013.30 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $1,454.05 | $300.80 – $2,013.30 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $1,454.05 | $308.19 – $2,013.30 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $1,454.05 | $289.52 – $2,013.30 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $1,454.05 | $275.64 – $2,013.30 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $1,454.05 | $301.64 – $2,013.30 |
| marymount hospital | Garfield Heights | $1,454.05 | $272.16 – $2,013.30 |
| medina hospital | Medina | $1,454.05 | $282.30 – $2,013.30 |