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Pr ecg external < 48 hours continuous recording/storage r&i by a phys/qhp at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$111.80
Cash price 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.
$172.00
Gross charge 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 $79.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $11.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Oscar | All Products | $11.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $13.04 | ↓ -88% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $14.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $16.22 | ↓ -85% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $17.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Valor | All Products | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $17.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $17.90 | ↓ -84% |
| OHCP | All Products | $17.99 | ↓ -84% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $18.25 | ↓ -84% |
| PPHP | All Products | $18.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $18.80 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $18.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $19.69 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $19.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $22.85 | ↓ -80% |
| OMAS | All Products | $23.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $24.35 | ↓ -78% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $24.35 | ↓ -78% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $26.96 | ↓ -76% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $27.75 | ↓ -75% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $30.46 | ↓ -73% |
| MMO | NASCO | $30.46 | ↓ -73% |
| MMO | Traditional | $32.38 | ↓ -71% |
| GMS | All Products | $32.38 | ↓ -71% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $34.69 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $34.69 | ↓ -69% |
| Summacare | Premier | $34.82 | ↓ -69% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $35.46 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Asa | $37.00 | ↓ -67% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $40.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $41.63 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $46.25 | ↓ -59% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $46.37 | ↓ -59% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $54.59 | ↓ -51% |
| United | All Products | $57.98 | ↓ -48% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $61.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $61.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $61.85 | ↓ -45% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $68.77 | ↓ -38% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $72.39 | ↓ -35% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $76.01 | ↓ -32% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $76.01 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $76.01 | ↓ -32% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $76.73 | ↓ -31% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $79.63 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr ecg external < 48 hours continuous recording/storage r&i by a phys/qhp at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $111.80 | $1.10 – $154.80 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $111.80 | $1.10 – $77.72 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $73.76 – $75.17 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $120.42 – $139.44 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $75.57 – $87.51 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $70.99 – $82.20 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $67.58 – $78.25 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $73.97 – $85.65 |