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Endoscopic Ultrasound exam esoph 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

$992.55

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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.

$1,527.00

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 $5,378.41 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $118.23 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $127.37 ↓ -87%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $142.94 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $150.46 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $154.61 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $157.98 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $157.98 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $165.51 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $165.51 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $169.83 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $169.83 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $169.83 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $169.83 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $169.83 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $169.83 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $169.83 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $169.83 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $172.80 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $178.32 ↓ -82%
PPHP All Products $186.81 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $258.20 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $258.20 ↓ -74%
Summacare Preferred $346.45 ↓ -65%
Summacare Premier $371.06 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $388.01 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $417.08 ↓ -58%
United HMO & PPO $476.54 ↓ -52%
United All Products - Mid-Level $523.64 ↓ -47%
United All Products $564.38 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $594.00 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $619.37 ↓ -38%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $651.97 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $655.77 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $655.77 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician $655.77 ↓ -34%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -31%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -31%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -31%
United BH Managed Medicaid $691.09 ↓ -30%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $717.17 ↓ -28%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $754.34 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $763.50 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $890.24 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $916.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $1,068.90 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,068.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,145.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,145.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,221.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,374.30 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,527.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,752.78 ↑ +77%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,752.78 ↑ +77%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,752.78 ↑ +77%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,752.78 ↑ +77%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,814.13 ↑ +83%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +83%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +83%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +83%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +83%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,815.43 ↑ +83%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,869.90 ↑ +88%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,893.00 ↑ +91%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,960.67 ↑ +98%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,996.98 ↑ +101%
MMO SuperMed $3,248.90 ↑ +227%
MMO NASCO $3,248.90 ↑ +227%
ANTHEM HPN $4,571.63 ↑ +361%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,672.93 ↑ +371%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $4,831.00 ↑ +387%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $5,378.41 ↑ +442%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,671.90 $1.10 – $7,853.40
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