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Muscle test one fiber 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

$1,450.80

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.

$2,232.00

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 $1,152.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $89.12 ↓ -94%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $103.24 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $108.67 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $112.25 ↓ -92%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $114.10 ↓ -92%
United Managed Medicaid $114.10 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $116.54 ↓ -92%
Molina Managed Medicaid $119.54 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $119.54 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $130.25 ↓ -91%
OPTUM All Products VA $144.57 ↓ -90%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.57 ↓ -90%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $144.57 ↓ -90%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $144.57 ↓ -90%
PPHP All Products $148.08 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.63 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan All Products $149.66 ↓ -90%
Valor All Products $149.66 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $149.66 ↓ -90%
United Medicare Advantage $149.66 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $149.66 ↓ -90%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $149.66 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $149.66 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $149.66 ↓ -90%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.13 ↓ -89%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $157.14 ↓ -89%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $197.44 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $197.44 ↓ -86%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.28 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.28 ↓ -86%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.28 ↓ -86%
Valor HMO & PPO $204.28 ↓ -86%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.28 ↓ -86%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.41 ↓ -85%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $220.62 ↓ -85%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $224.71 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $244.73 ↓ -83%
MMO NASCO $267.01 ↓ -82%
MMO SuperMed $267.01 ↓ -82%
Summacare Premier $279.70 ↓ -81%
Oscar All Products $292.72 ↓ -80%
Summacare Preferred $305.31 ↓ -79%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $310.96 ↓ -79%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $327.33 ↓ -77%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $343.70 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $343.70 ↓ -76%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $343.70 ↓ -76%
United BH Managed Medicaid $346.97 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $360.06 ↓ -75%
United All Products - Mid-Level $367.71 ↓ -75%
United HMO & PPO $374.50 ↓ -74%
United All Products $388.63 ↓ -73%
OHCP All Products $448.13 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $501.44 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Physician $501.44 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $501.44 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM HPN $514.42 ↓ -65%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $525.82 ↓ -64%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $569.09 ↓ -61%
OMAS All Products $576.00 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $605.20 ↓ -58%
Optum All Products Transplant $671.62 ↓ -54%
PHPHI All Products $691.20 ↓ -52%
GMS All Products $806.40 ↓ -44%
MMO Traditional $806.40 ↓ -44%
Consociate Health All Products $864.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna All Products First Health $864.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Asa $921.60 ↓ -36%
Multiplan All Products $1,036.80 ↓ -29%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,152.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,450.80 $1.10 – $972.00
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