Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level 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

$426.40

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.

$656.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $3,004.00 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $28.60 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $30.11 ↓ -93%
United Managed Medicaid $31.62 ↓ -93%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $31.62 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $33.12 ↓ -92%
Molina Managed Medicaid $33.12 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $36.60 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $37.67 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $47.86 ↓ -89%
Valor All Products $50.23 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan All Products $50.23 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $50.23 ↓ -88%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $50.23 ↓ -88%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $50.23 ↓ -88%
United Medicare Advantage $50.23 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $50.23 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.23 ↓ -88%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $52.74 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $53.49 ↓ -87%
PPHP All Products $55.25 ↓ -87%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $79.12 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM HPN $102.43 ↓ -76%
Summacare Preferred $102.47 ↓ -76%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $108.52 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $108.91 ↓ -74%
Summacare Premier $114.85 ↓ -73%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $118.79 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $127.05 ↓ -70%
Aetna Acop $129.30 ↓ -70%
Oscar All Products $129.59 ↓ -70%
Cigna All Products Physician $140.36 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $143.01 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $185.52 ↓ -56%
OHCP All Products $198.39 ↓ -53%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $200.95 ↓ -53%
Anthem All Products Physician $200.95 ↓ -53%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $209.92 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $209.92 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $235.50 ↓ -45%
United HMO & PPO $235.80 ↓ -45%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $251.94 ↓ -41%
OMAS All Products $255.00 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $259.10 ↓ -39%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $265.68 ↓ -38%
MMO NASCO $275.40 ↓ -35%
MMO SuperMed $275.40 ↓ -35%
United All Products $279.26 ↓ -35%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $295.20 ↓ -31%
Optum All Products Transplant $297.33 ↓ -30%
PHPHI All Products $306.00 ↓ -28%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $318.82 ↓ -25%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $322.69 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $328.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $341.78 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $354.24 ↓ -17%
GMS All Products $357.00 ↓ -16%
MMO Traditional $357.00 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $362.77 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $371.30 ↓ -13%
Consociate Health All Products $382.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna All Products First Health $382.50 ↓ -10%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $393.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $393.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Asa $408.00 ↓ -4%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $448.90 ↑ +5%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $452.64 ↑ +6%
Multiplan All Products $459.00 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $459.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $459.20 ↑ +8%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $472.53 ↑ +11%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $492.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $492.00 ↑ +15%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $492.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $496.16 ↑ +16%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $496.16 ↑ +16%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $496.16 ↑ +16%
United BH Managed Medicaid $500.88 ↑ +17%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $510.00 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $519.78 ↑ +22%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $524.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $590.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $590.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $590.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $656.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +475%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +571%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +605%
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 —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP 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 —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $7,441.20 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $7,441.20 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $7,441.20 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $7,441.20 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $7,441.20 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $617.44 $747.00 – $1,070.70
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $426.40 $0.01 – $654.83
avon hospital Avon $426.40 $0.01 – $590.40

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