Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext 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

$565.50

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.

$870.00

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 $558.00 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $22.28 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $27.10 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $29.14 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $32.57 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.13 ↓ -94%
Valor All Products $36.13 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $36.13 ↓ -94%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $36.13 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.13 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $36.13 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan All Products $36.13 ↓ -94%
United Medicare Advantage $36.13 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $37.02 ↓ -93%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $37.94 ↓ -93%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $42.25 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $44.47 ↓ -92%
United Managed Medicaid $46.69 ↓ -92%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $46.69 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $48.92 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $48.92 ↓ -91%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $48.99 ↓ -91%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $48.99 ↓ -91%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $62.78 ↓ -89%
Summacare Premier $69.93 ↓ -88%
Summacare Preferred $73.71 ↓ -87%
Oscar All Products $79.28 ↓ -86%
United All Products - Mid-Level $91.02 ↓ -84%
United HMO & PPO $92.70 ↓ -84%
United All Products $96.20 ↓ -83%
OHCP All Products $121.37 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $121.64 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $124.42 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $124.42 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Physician $124.42 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM HPN $141.31 ↓ -75%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $154.13 ↓ -73%
OMAS All Products $156.00 ↓ -72%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $157.80 ↓ -72%
MMO NASCO $168.48 ↓ -70%
MMO SuperMed $168.48 ↓ -70%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $178.56 ↓ -68%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $178.56 ↓ -68%
Optum All Products Transplant $181.90 ↓ -68%
PHPHI All Products $187.20 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $188.27 ↓ -67%
Summacare PREMIER $200.32 ↓ -65%
GMS All Products $218.40 ↓ -61%
MMO Traditional $218.40 ↓ -61%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $225.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna All Products First Health $234.00 ↓ -59%
Consociate Health All Products $234.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna Asa $249.60 ↓ -56%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $251.10 ↓ -56%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $271.19 ↓ -52%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $279.00 ↓ -51%
Multiplan All Products $280.80 ↓ -50%
MMO TRADITIONAL $290.72 ↓ -49%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $301.32 ↓ -47%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $308.57 ↓ -45%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $310.96 ↓ -45%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $312.00 ↓ -45%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $315.83 ↓ -44%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $327.33 ↓ -42%
The Health Plan HMO $334.80 ↓ -41%
AETNA Acop $334.80 ↓ -41%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $334.80 ↓ -41%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $343.70 ↓ -39%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $343.70 ↓ -39%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $343.70 ↓ -39%
United BH Managed Medicaid $346.97 ↓ -39%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $360.06 ↓ -36%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $385.02 ↓ -32%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $390.60 ↓ -31%
AETNA International $390.60 ↓ -31%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $390.60 ↓ -31%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $390.60 ↓ -31%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $418.50 ↓ -26%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $418.50 ↓ -26%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $435.80 ↓ -23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $446.40 ↓ -21%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $502.20 ↓ -11%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $502.20 ↓ -11%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $502.20 ↓ -11%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $502.20 ↓ -11%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $558.00 ↓ -1%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $565.50 $1.10 – $502.20
mercy hospital Canton $565.50 $1.10 – $351.36
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $291.75 $82.61 – $350.10
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $291.75 $38.99 – $350.10
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $291.75 $82.61 – $148.69
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $291.75 $82.61 – $148.69
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $291.75 $47.09 – $148.69
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $291.75 $82.61 – $148.69

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