Ol dig e/m svc 5-10 min 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

$42.25

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.

$65.00

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 $65.00 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 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $7.80 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $8.18 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $9.89 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $10.20 ↓ -76%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $10.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.91 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $10.91 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $10.91 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $10.91 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.91 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $10.91 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $10.91 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $10.91 ↓ -74%
United Managed Medicaid $10.93 ↓ -74%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $10.93 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $11.40 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $11.45 ↓ -73%
Molina Managed Medicaid $11.45 ↓ -73%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $11.46 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $12.00 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $14.69 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $16.52 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $16.85 ↓ -60%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $18.38 ↓ -56%
MMO NASCO $18.77 ↓ -56%
MMO SuperMed $18.77 ↓ -56%
Cigna All Products Physician $21.71 ↓ -49%
Summacare Preferred $22.26 ↓ -47%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $22.54 ↓ -47%
United HMO & PPO $24.31 ↓ -42%
Summacare Premier $24.48 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $25.29 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician $26.24 ↓ -38%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $26.24 ↓ -38%
United All Products - Mid-Level $29.78 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $30.11 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $32.11 ↓ -24%
United All Products $32.12 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $32.50 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $37.90 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $39.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $45.50 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $45.50 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $48.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $48.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $52.00 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $54.56 ↑ +29%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $57.43 ↑ +36%
Multiplan All Products $58.50 ↑ +38%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↑ +43%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↑ +43%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $60.30 ↑ +43%
United BH Managed Medicaid $60.88 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $63.17 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $65.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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Ol dig e/m svc 5-10 min at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $42.25 $1.10 – $79.59
mercy hospital Canton $42.25 $1.10 – $61.64
avon hospital Avon not published $58.51 – $59.62
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $95.52 – $110.61
euclid hospital Euclid not published $59.95 – $69.41
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $56.32 – $65.21
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $53.61 – $62.07
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $58.67 – $67.94

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