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J-tube placement at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$681.20
Cash price 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.
$1,048.00
Gross charge 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 $3,185.74 with AMERIHEALTH — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $86.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $94.19 | ↓ -86% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $113.72 | ↓ -83% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $116.38 | ↓ -83% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $122.51 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Valor | All Products | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $125.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $127.10 | ↓ -81% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $128.64 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $128.64 | ↓ -81% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $131.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $134.76 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $134.76 | ↓ -80% |
| PPHP | All Products | $138.14 | ↓ -80% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $192.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $192.16 | ↓ -72% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $241.92 | ↓ -64% |
| MMO | NASCO | $241.92 | ↓ -64% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $251.79 | ↓ -63% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $256.18 | ↓ -62% |
| Oscar | All Products | $266.30 | ↓ -61% |
| Summacare | Premier | $272.93 | ↓ -60% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $350.42 | ↓ -49% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $385.05 | ↓ -43% |
| OHCP | All Products | $407.67 | ↓ -40% |
| United | All Products | $415.01 | ↓ -39% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $488.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $488.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $488.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $517.71 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $524.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $610.98 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $628.80 | ↓ -8% |
| GMS | All Products | $733.60 | ↑ +8% |
| MMO | Traditional | $733.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $786.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $786.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Asa | $838.40 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $943.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $1,048.00 | ↑ +54% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $2,751.32 | ↑ +304% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $2,896.13 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $3,040.94 | ↑ +346% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $3,040.94 | ↑ +346% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $3,040.94 | ↑ +346% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $3,069.90 | ↑ +351% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $3,185.74 | ↑ +368% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
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J-tube placement at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $681.20 | $1.10 – $4,013.42 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $681.20 | $1.10 – $3,108.81 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $904.50 | $124.95 – $1,085.40 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $904.50 | $58.98 – $1,085.40 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $904.50 | $124.95 – $224.92 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $904.50 | $124.95 – $224.92 |
| University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center | Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road | $904.50 | $71.22 – $224.92 |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $904.50 | $124.95 – $224.92 |