Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions 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

$3,543.15

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.

$5,451.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $4,944.00 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $74.49 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $77.72 ↓ -98%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $95.78 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $97.41 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $100.82 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $103.62 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.62 ↓ -97%
Valor All Products $103.62 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $103.62 ↓ -97%
United Medicare Advantage $103.62 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $103.62 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan All Products $103.62 ↓ -97%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $103.62 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $105.86 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $105.86 ↓ -97%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $108.80 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $108.87 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $110.90 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $110.90 ↓ -97%
PPHP All Products $113.98 ↓ -97%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $162.84 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM HPN $209.56 ↓ -94%
Summacare Preferred $211.38 ↓ -94%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $223.67 ↓ -94%
Summacare Premier $233.78 ↓ -93%
Oscar All Products $238.85 ↓ -93%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $302.11 ↓ -91%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $318.01 ↓ -91%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $333.91 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $333.91 ↓ -91%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $333.91 ↓ -91%
United BH Managed Medicaid $337.09 ↓ -90%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $338.99 ↓ -90%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $349.81 ↓ -90%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $362.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna Acop $364.71 ↓ -90%
OHCP All Products $365.66 ↓ -90%
Cigna All Products Physician $400.55 ↓ -89%
Anthem All Products Physician $413.59 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $413.59 ↓ -88%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $464.36 ↓ -87%
OMAS All Products $470.00 ↓ -87%
Optum All Products Transplant $548.02 ↓ -85%
PHPHI All Products $564.00 ↓ -84%
United HMO & PPO $655.68 ↓ -81%
MMO Traditional $658.00 ↓ -81%
GMS All Products $658.00 ↓ -81%
Consociate Health All Products $705.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna All Products First Health $705.00 ↓ -80%
United All Products - Mid-Level $720.48 ↓ -80%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $730.00 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $730.00 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $730.00 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $730.00 ↓ -79%
Valor HMO & PPO $741.65 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 ↓ -79%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 ↓ -79%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 ↓ -79%
Aetna Asa $752.00 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $755.55 ↓ -79%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $763.90 ↓ -78%
United All Products $776.53 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $788.40 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $800.98 ↓ -77%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $815.81 ↓ -77%
Multiplan All Products $846.00 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $920.81 ↓ -74%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $940.00 ↓ -73%
MMO SuperMed $1,367.30 ↓ -61%
MMO NASCO $1,367.30 ↓ -61%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,398.16 ↓ -61%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,582.08 ↓ -55%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,582.08 ↓ -55%
Summacare PREMIER $1,774.90 ↓ -50%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,909.01 ↓ -46%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,002.32 ↓ -43%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,197.21 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,224.80 ↓ -37%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,402.78 ↓ -32%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,472.00 ↓ -30%
MMO TRADITIONAL $2,575.82 ↓ -27%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $2,669.76 ↓ -25%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,734.03 ↓ -23%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $2,798.30 ↓ -21%
The Health Plan HMO $2,966.40 ↓ -16%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,966.40 ↓ -16%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $3,411.36 ↓ -4%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $3,460.80 ↓ -2%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $3,460.80 ↓ -2%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,708.00 ↑ +5%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,708.00 ↑ +5%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↑ +8%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,955.20 ↑ +12%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↑ +13%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,449.60 ↑ +26%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $4,449.60 ↑ +26%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $4,449.60 ↑ +26%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $4,449.60 ↑ +26%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $4,944.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $3,456.00 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $3,456.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $1,645.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $3,456.00 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $3,456.00 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $897.14 $1,085.40 – $1,392.93
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,543.15 $0.01 – $4,905.90
avon hospital Avon $3,543.15 $0.01 – $4,905.90

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