Place breast cath for rad 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

$447.20

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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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$688.00

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 $4,487.90 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $57.93 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $61.90 ↓ -86%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $70.59 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $74.31 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $75.75 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $78.03 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $78.03 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $81.74 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $81.74 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $82.53 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $82.53 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $82.53 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $82.53 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $82.53 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $82.53 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $82.53 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $82.53 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $84.66 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $86.66 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $90.78 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $127.62 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $127.62 ↓ -71%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $164.81 ↓ -63%
Summacare Preferred $168.36 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $174.82 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $181.80 ↓ -59%
United HMO & PPO $233.10 ↓ -48%
United All Products - Mid-Level $256.13 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $267.63 ↓ -40%
United All Products $276.06 ↓ -38%
Anthem All Products Physician $324.14 ↓ -28%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $324.14 ↓ -28%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $324.14 ↓ -28%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $339.87 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $344.00 ↓ -23%
MMO SuperMed $371.52 ↓ -17%
MMO NASCO $371.52 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $401.10 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $412.80 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $481.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $481.60 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $516.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $516.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $550.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $619.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $688.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,875.91 ↑ +767%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,079.91 ↑ +812%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,283.91 ↑ +858%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,283.91 ↑ +858%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,283.91 ↑ +858%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,324.70 ↑ +867%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,487.90 ↑ +904%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $447.20 $1.10 – $5,653.88
mercy hospital Canton $447.20 $1.10 – $4,379.52
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,809.01 – $4,410.43
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