Home/res vst new low mdm 30 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

$471.90

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.

$726.00

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 $432.00 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 $48.09 ↓ -90%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $53.35 ↓ -89%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $54.56 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $56.16 ↓ -88%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $57.43 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $58.03 ↓ -88%
United Managed Medicaid $58.97 ↓ -88%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $58.97 ↓ -88%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -87%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↓ -87%
United BH Managed Medicaid $60.88 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $61.78 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $61.78 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $62.88 ↓ -87%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $63.17 ↓ -87%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $77.37 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $77.37 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan All Products $77.37 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $77.37 ↓ -84%
United Medicare Advantage $77.37 ↓ -84%
Valor All Products $77.37 ↓ -84%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $77.37 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $77.37 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $77.68 ↓ -84%
PPHP All Products $79.90 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $81.24 ↓ -83%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $89.10 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $89.10 ↓ -81%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $99.91 ↓ -79%
Oscar All Products $109.77 ↓ -77%
MMO NASCO $115.38 ↓ -76%
MMO SuperMed $115.38 ↓ -76%
United HMO & PPO $127.46 ↓ -73%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $136.92 ↓ -71%
Summacare Premier $150.92 ↓ -68%
United All Products - Mid-Level $156.14 ↓ -67%
Summacare Preferred $157.83 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $159.25 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Physician $159.25 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $159.25 ↓ -66%
OHCP All Products $168.05 ↓ -64%
United All Products $168.43 ↓ -64%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $213.41 ↓ -55%
OMAS All Products $216.00 ↓ -54%
Optum All Products Transplant $251.86 ↓ -47%
PHPHI All Products $259.20 ↓ -45%
GMS All Products $302.40 ↓ -36%
MMO Traditional $302.40 ↓ -36%
Aetna All Products First Health $324.00 ↓ -31%
Consociate Health All Products $324.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Asa $345.60 ↓ -27%
Multiplan All Products $388.80 ↓ -18%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $432.00 ↓ -8%
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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Home/res vst new low mdm 30 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $471.90 $1.10 – $388.80
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