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Lsh w/t/o ut 250 g or less 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

$4,049.50

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.

$6,230.00

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 $29,793.81 with ANTHEM — 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 $510.86 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $540.65 ↓ -87%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $545.89 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $574.62 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $603.35 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $603.35 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $632.08 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $632.08 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $668.05 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan All Products $720.87 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $720.87 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $720.87 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $720.87 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $720.87 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $720.87 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $720.87 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $720.87 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $746.64 ↓ -82%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $756.91 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $792.96 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,121.47 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,121.47 ↓ -72%
Summacare Preferred $1,470.57 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $1,583.04 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $1,603.32 ↓ -60%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,688.48 ↓ -58%
United HMO & PPO $2,065.65 ↓ -49%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,269.79 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $2,423.47 ↓ -40%
United All Products $2,446.38 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,848.32 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,848.32 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,848.32 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,077.62 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,115.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,632.09 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $3,738.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $4,361.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,361.00 ↑ +8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,365.95 ↑ +8%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,595.74 ↑ +13%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,672.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $4,672.50 ↑ +15%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,825.53 ↑ +19%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,825.53 ↑ +19%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,825.53 ↑ +19%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,871.48 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $4,984.00 ↑ +23%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $5,055.31 ↑ +25%
Multiplan All Products $5,607.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,230.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,619.76 ↑ +138%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $9,619.76 ↑ +138%
OPTUM All Products VA $9,619.76 ↑ +138%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $9,619.76 ↑ +138%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,956.45 ↑ +146%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +148%
Valor HMO & PPO $10,056.64 ↑ +148%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +148%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +148%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +148%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,358.34 ↑ +156%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,389.34 ↑ +157%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $10,861.17 ↑ +168%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $11,062.31 ↑ +173%
MMO NASCO $17,575.94 ↑ +334%
MMO SuperMed $17,575.94 ↑ +334%
ANTHEM HPN $25,324.64 ↑ +525%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $25,885.80 ↑ +539%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $29,793.81 ↑ +636%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Lsh w/t/o ut 250 g or less at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,049.50 $1.10 – $10,056.64
mercy hospital Canton $4,049.50 $1.10 – $10,358.34
avon hospital Avon not published $4,682.41 – $11,062.31
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $7,644.68 – $8,851.73
euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,797.24 – $11,062.31
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $4,506.77 – $11,062.31
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $4,290.60 – $11,062.31
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,695.35 – $11,062.31

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