Microsatellite instability at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$1,563.25
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.
$2,405.00
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.
$0.95 with AETNA vs $2,405.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | Acop | $0.95 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $1.11 | ↓ -100% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $92.46 | ↓ -94% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $97.33 | ↓ -94% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $97.33 | ↓ -94% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $102.20 | ↓ -93% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $102.20 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $102.20 | ↓ -93% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $103.17 | ↓ -93% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $107.06 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $348.56 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $359.02 | ↓ -77% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $360.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $376.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $376.44 | ↓ -76% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $383.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $383.42 | ↓ -75% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $680.13 | ↓ -56% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $769.60 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $769.60 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $784.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $793.65 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $863.40 | ↓ -45% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $897.19 | ↓ -43% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,082.25 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,168.83 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $1,188.07 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,202.50 | ↓ -23% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $1,214.07 | ↓ -22% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $1,253.01 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | International | $1,296.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $1,298.70 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $1,329.97 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $1,361.23 | ↓ -13% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $1,428.33 | ↓ -9% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $1,443.00 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,443.00 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $1,659.45 | ↑ +6% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,683.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $1,683.50 | ↑ +8% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,758.96 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,803.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,803.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $1,924.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $2,164.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,164.50 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $2,164.50 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $2,164.50 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $2,405.00 | ↑ +54% |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | not published by hospital | — |
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Microsatellite instability at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $558.60 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $558.60 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $558.60 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $558.60 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $558.60 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $1,063.20 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $373.44 | $142.99 – $504.51 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $1,563.25 | $116.49 – $2,164.50 |