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Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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

$488.80

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.

$752.00

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 $752.00 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.

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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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $48.01 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $50.54 ↓ -90%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $53.07 ↓ -89%
United Managed Medicaid $53.07 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $55.59 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $55.59 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $59.11 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $60.66 ↓ -88%
Valor All Products $78.81 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $78.81 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan All Products $78.81 ↓ -84%
United Medicare Advantage $78.81 ↓ -84%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $78.81 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $78.81 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $78.81 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $78.81 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $79.33 ↓ -84%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $82.75 ↓ -83%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $85.44 ↓ -83%
PPHP All Products $86.69 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $88.66 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $89.94 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $94.44 ↓ -81%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $94.44 ↓ -81%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $94.44 ↓ -81%
United BH Managed Medicaid $95.34 ↓ -80%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $98.93 ↓ -80%
AETNA NAP $110.40 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40 ↓ -77%
Valor HMO & PPO $110.40 ↓ -77%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40 ↓ -77%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40 ↓ -77%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.40 ↓ -77%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $110.40 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.71 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $119.23 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $121.44 ↓ -75%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $127.75 ↓ -74%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $127.75 ↓ -74%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.75 ↓ -74%
AETNA International $127.75 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $131.51 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $132.22 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $137.97 ↓ -72%
Summacare Preferred $160.77 ↓ -67%
MMO SuperMed $168.45 ↓ -66%
MMO NASCO $168.45 ↓ -66%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $171.93 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM HPN $172.39 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $175.27 ↓ -64%
Summacare Premier $190.39 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $191.08 ↓ -61%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $271.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna Acop $279.02 ↓ -43%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $284.17 ↓ -42%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $290.01 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $292.53 ↓ -40%
Cigna All Products Physician $320.00 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $334.02 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician $334.02 ↓ -32%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $371.49 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $376.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $438.42 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $451.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $526.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $526.40 ↑ +8%
United All Products - Mid-Level $556.83 ↑ +14%
Consociate Health All Products $564.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $564.00 ↑ +15%
United HMO & PPO $567.10 ↑ +16%
United All Products $588.50 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $601.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $676.80 ↑ +38%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $736.57 ↑ +51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $752.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Fees w/laryngeal sense test at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $488.80 $1.10 – $676.80
mercy hospital Canton $488.80 $1.10 – $676.80
avon hospital Avon not published $91.63 – $127.75
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $110.40 – $173.24
euclid hospital Euclid not published $93.89 – $128.61
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $88.20 – $128.61
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $83.97 – $127.75
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $91.89 – $128.61

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