Ingest challenge ea addl 60 min 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

$394.55

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.

$607.00

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 $607.00 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 $38.34 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $40.36 ↓ -90%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $41.40 ↓ -90%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $42.38 ↓ -89%
United Managed Medicaid $42.38 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $42.68 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $44.40 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $44.40 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $54.14 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan All Products $56.90 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.90 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $56.90 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $56.90 ↓ -86%
United Medicare Advantage $56.90 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $56.90 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $56.90 ↓ -86%
Valor All Products $56.90 ↓ -86%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $59.75 ↓ -85%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.17 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $60.51 ↓ -85%
PPHP All Products $62.59 ↓ -84%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $78.05 ↓ -80%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $88.32 ↓ -78%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $88.32 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $90.10 ↓ -77%
Summacare Preferred $91.08 ↓ -77%
Summacare PREMIER $99.08 ↓ -75%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $104.30 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $111.55 ↓ -72%
United All Products - Mid-Level $111.71 ↓ -72%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $111.78 ↓ -72%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $112.31 ↓ -72%
United HMO & PPO $114.74 ↓ -71%
Aetna Acop $117.96 ↓ -70%
ANTHEM HPN $119.48 ↓ -70%
Cigna All Products Physician $123.24 ↓ -69%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $124.20 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $127.61 ↓ -68%
Summacare Premier $129.93 ↓ -67%
United All Products $132.78 ↓ -66%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $134.14 ↓ -66%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $136.34 ↓ -65%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $138.00 ↓ -65%
MMO TRADITIONAL $143.80 ↓ -64%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $149.04 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $152.63 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $154.24 ↓ -61%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $156.22 ↓ -60%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $165.60 ↓ -58%
AETNA Acop $165.60 ↓ -58%
The Health Plan HMO $165.60 ↓ -58%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $190.44 ↓ -52%
AETNA International $193.20 ↓ -51%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $193.20 ↓ -51%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $193.20 ↓ -51%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $193.20 ↓ -51%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $207.00 ↓ -48%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $207.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $215.56 ↓ -45%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $220.80 ↓ -44%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $228.84 ↓ -42%
Anthem All Products Physician $228.84 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $236.12 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $237.67 ↓ -40%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $248.40 ↓ -37%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $248.40 ↓ -37%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $248.40 ↓ -37%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $248.40 ↓ -37%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $250.18 ↓ -37%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -33%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -33%
United BH Managed Medicaid $265.19 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $275.20 ↓ -30%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $276.00 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $283.29 ↓ -28%
OMAS All Products $303.50 ↓ -23%
MMO NASCO $327.78 ↓ -17%
MMO SuperMed $327.78 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $353.88 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $364.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $424.90 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $424.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $455.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $455.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $485.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $546.30 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $607.00 ↑ +54%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP 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 —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
CIGNA 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 —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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