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Gstrst open wo constj tube 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

$2,821.00

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.

$4,340.00

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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $358.44 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $377.30 ↓ -87%
United Managed Medicaid $396.17 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $396.17 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $415.03 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $415.03 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $434.86 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $494.81 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $568.67 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $635.57 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $659.74 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $659.74 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $659.74 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $659.74 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $659.74 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $659.74 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $659.74 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products $659.74 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $692.73 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $722.54 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $948.55 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $948.55 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $1,102.79 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,192.49 ↓ -58%
Summacare Preferred $1,345.87 ↓ -52%
Summacare Premier $1,364.80 ↓ -52%
OHCP All Products $1,688.26 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,748.20 ↓ -38%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,752.78 ↓ -38%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,752.78 ↓ -38%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,752.78 ↓ -38%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,752.78 ↓ -38%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,814.13 ↓ -36%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↓ -36%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↓ -36%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↓ -36%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,815.43 ↓ -36%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↓ -36%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,869.90 ↓ -34%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,893.00 ↓ -33%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,920.97 ↓ -32%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,960.67 ↓ -30%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,996.98 ↓ -29%
United All Products $2,070.42 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,143.96 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $2,170.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,388.82 ↓ -15%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,409.09 ↓ -15%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,409.09 ↓ -15%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,409.09 ↓ -15%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,514.55 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,530.22 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,604.00 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,640.28 ↓ -6%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,640.28 ↓ -6%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,640.28 ↓ -6%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,665.42 ↓ -6%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,766.01 ↓ -2%
MMO Traditional $3,038.00 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $3,038.00 ↑ +8%
MMO SuperMed $3,248.90 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $3,248.90 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,255.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $3,255.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,472.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $3,906.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,340.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $4,571.63 ↑ +62%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,672.93 ↑ +66%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $5,378.41 ↑ +91%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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