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Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$406.25
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.
$625.00
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 $2,542.14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $53.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $58.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $69.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | All Products | $76.23 | ↓ -81% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Valor | All Products | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $77.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $78.01 | ↓ -81% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $81.52 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $83.13 | ↓ -80% |
| PPHP | All Products | $85.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $87.50 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $91.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $91.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $96.25 | ↓ -76% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $96.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $116.19 | ↓ -71% |
| OHCP | All Products | $116.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $148.20 | ↓ -64% |
| OMAS | All Products | $150.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $158.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Summacare | Premier | $167.52 | ↓ -59% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $174.90 | ↓ -57% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $180.00 | ↓ -56% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $183.45 | ↓ -55% |
| GMS | All Products | $210.00 | ↓ -48% |
| MMO | Traditional | $210.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $225.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $225.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Asa | $240.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $270.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $295.07 | ↓ -27% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $295.07 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $300.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Acop | $307.66 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | $319.74 | ↓ -21% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $341.97 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | $377.80 | ↓ -7% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $619.37 | ↑ +52% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $623.91 | ↑ +54% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $651.97 | ↑ +60% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $684.57 | ↑ +69% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $684.57 | ↑ +69% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $684.57 | ↑ +69% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $685.57 | ↑ +69% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $691.09 | ↑ +70% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $717.17 | ↑ +77% |
| United | All Products | $738.90 | ↑ +82% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $858.08 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $858.08 | ↑ +111% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $858.08 | ↑ +111% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $858.08 | ↑ +111% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $858.08 | ↑ +111% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $866.29 | ↑ +113% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $866.29 | ↑ +113% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $866.29 | ↑ +113% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $866.29 | ↑ +113% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $868.53 | ↑ +114% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $883.82 | ↑ +118% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $896.61 | ↑ +121% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $926.72 | ↑ +128% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $935.59 | ↑ +130% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $943.89 | ↑ +132% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $1,548.29 | ↑ +281% |
| MMO | NASCO | $1,548.29 | ↑ +281% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $2,160.81 | ↑ +432% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,208.69 | ↑ +444% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $2,542.14 | ↑ +526% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $2,803.45 | $0.01 – $3,881.70 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $406.25 | $1.10 – $883.82 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $2,623.50 | $773.06 – $3,148.20 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $2,623.50 | $858.08 – $3,148.20 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $2,623.50 | $858.08 – $1,544.54 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $2,623.50 | $858.08 – $1,544.54 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $2,623.50 | $858.08 – $1,544.54 |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $2,623.50 | $858.08 – $1,544.54 |