Middle cerebral artery echo 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

$659.10

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.

$1,014.00

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.

$0.87 with AETNA vs $734.00 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
AETNA Acop $0.87 ↓ -100%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1.65 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $20.33 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $24.55 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $26.58 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $29.71 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $32.73 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $32.73 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products $32.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $32.73 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $32.73 ↓ -95%
PPHP All Products $33.77 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $34.37 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $44.61 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $44.61 ↓ -93%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $60.04 ↓ -91%
United HMO & PPO $63.40 ↓ -90%
Summacare Premier $63.79 ↓ -90%
Summacare Preferred $66.77 ↓ -90%
Oscar All Products $71.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna Acop $71.39 ↓ -89%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $71.41 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $75.17 ↓ -89%
United Managed Medicaid $78.93 ↓ -88%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $78.93 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $82.69 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $82.69 ↓ -87%
United All Products - Mid-Level $83.44 ↓ -87%
United All Products $91.72 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $92.79 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $97.67 ↓ -85%
OPTUM All Products VA $98.26 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $98.26 ↓ -85%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.26 ↓ -85%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $98.26 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -85%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -85%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -85%
Valor HMO & PPO $98.91 ↓ -85%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.69 ↓ -85%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.88 ↓ -85%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $102.55 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $102.55 ↓ -84%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $102.55 ↓ -84%
United BH Managed Medicaid $103.53 ↓ -84%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.12 ↓ -84%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $106.82 ↓ -84%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $107.44 ↓ -84%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $108.80 ↓ -83%
OHCP All Products $108.92 ↓ -83%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $113.30 ↓ -83%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $113.30 ↓ -83%
Anthem All Products Physician $113.30 ↓ -83%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $138.32 ↓ -79%
OMAS All Products $140.00 ↓ -79%
MMO SuperMed $151.20 ↓ -77%
MMO NASCO $151.20 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM HPN $153.35 ↓ -77%
Optum All Products Transplant $163.24 ↓ -75%
PHPHI All Products $168.00 ↓ -75%
GMS All Products $196.00 ↓ -70%
MMO Traditional $196.00 ↓ -70%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $207.58 ↓ -69%
Consociate Health All Products $210.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna All Products First Health $210.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna Asa $224.00 ↓ -66%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $234.88 ↓ -64%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $234.88 ↓ -64%
Multiplan All Products $252.00 ↓ -62%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $254.59 ↓ -61%
Summacare PREMIER $263.51 ↓ -60%
AETNA International $277.21 ↓ -58%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $280.00 ↓ -58%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $293.03 ↓ -56%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $297.27 ↓ -55%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $330.30 ↓ -50%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $356.72 ↓ -46%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $367.00 ↓ -44%
MMO TRADITIONAL $382.41 ↓ -42%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $396.36 ↓ -40%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $405.90 ↓ -38%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $415.44 ↓ -37%
The Health Plan HMO $440.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $440.40 ↓ -33%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $506.46 ↓ -23%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $513.80 ↓ -22%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $513.80 ↓ -22%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $550.50 ↓ -16%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $550.50 ↓ -16%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $551.66 ↓ -16%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $587.20 ↓ -11%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $660.60 ↑ +0%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $660.60 ↑ +0%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $660.60 ↑ +0%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $660.60 ↑ +0%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $734.00 ↑ +11%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Middle cerebral artery echo at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $555.60 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $583.20 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $92.74 $112.20 – $143.99
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $659.10 $1.10 – $660.60
avon hospital Avon $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
euclid hospital Euclid $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60

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