Ingest challenge ini 120 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

$1,034.80

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.

$1,592.00

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 $1,592.00 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 $44.88 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $46.41 ↓ -96%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $53.82 ↓ -95%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $56.65 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $58.69 ↓ -94%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $59.48 ↓ -94%
United Managed Medicaid $59.48 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $61.88 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan All Products $61.88 ↓ -94%
Valor All Products $61.88 ↓ -94%
United Medicare Advantage $61.88 ↓ -94%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $61.88 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $61.88 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $61.88 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $61.88 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $62.32 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $62.32 ↓ -94%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $64.97 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $65.60 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $68.07 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $97.74 ↓ -91%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $122.07 ↓ -88%
Summacare Preferred $126.24 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM HPN $129.70 ↓ -87%
Summacare Premier $140.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $147.60 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $157.86 ↓ -85%
United All Products - Mid-Level $159.32 ↓ -85%
United HMO & PPO $163.65 ↓ -84%
Aetna Acop $165.24 ↓ -84%
Oscar All Products $167.71 ↓ -84%
Cigna All Products Physician $174.41 ↓ -83%
United All Products $189.36 ↓ -82%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $237.67 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $248.22 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Physician $248.22 ↓ -76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $250.18 ↓ -76%
OHCP All Products $256.74 ↓ -75%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -75%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -75%
United BH Managed Medicaid $265.19 ↓ -74%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $275.20 ↓ -73%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $326.04 ↓ -68%
OMAS All Products $330.00 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.04 ↓ -66%
Valor HMO & PPO $353.04 ↓ -66%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.04 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.04 ↓ -66%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.04 ↓ -66%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $363.63 ↓ -65%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $381.28 ↓ -63%
Optum All Products Transplant $384.78 ↓ -63%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $388.34 ↓ -62%
PHPHI All Products $396.00 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $400.93 ↓ -61%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $450.22 ↓ -56%
MMO Traditional $462.00 ↓ -55%
GMS All Products $462.00 ↓ -55%
OPTUM All Products VA $490.26 ↓ -53%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $490.26 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $490.26 ↓ -53%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $490.26 ↓ -53%
Aetna All Products First Health $495.00 ↓ -52%
Consociate Health All Products $495.00 ↓ -52%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $507.42 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $509.44 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $509.44 ↓ -51%
Aetna Asa $528.00 ↓ -49%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $529.48 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $571.53 ↓ -45%
Multiplan All Products $594.00 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $644.76 ↓ -38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $660.00 ↓ -36%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $716.40 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $773.71 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $796.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $829.43 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $859.68 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $880.38 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $901.07 ↓ -13%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $908.71 ↓ -12%
MMO NASCO $915.71 ↓ -12%
MMO SuperMed $915.71 ↓ -12%
The Health Plan HMO $955.20 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $955.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $955.20 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,045.90 ↑ +1%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1,098.48 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $1,114.40 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1,114.40 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,114.40 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,114.40 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,194.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,194.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,243.35 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,273.60 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,432.80 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,432.80 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,432.80 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,432.80 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,592.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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