Pt application of modality >=1 area hot/cold packs 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

$15.60

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.

$24.00

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 $28.58 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 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $3.97 ↓ -75%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $5.19 ↓ -67%
United HMO & PPO $5.38 ↓ -66%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $5.80 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $6.10 ↓ -61%
PPHP All Products $6.60 ↓ -58%
United All Products - Mid-Level $7.35 ↓ -53%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $8.30 ↓ -47%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $8.30 ↓ -47%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $9.30 ↓ -40%
OHCP All Products $9.34 ↓ -40%
United All Products $9.63 ↓ -38%
MMO NASCO $10.75 ↓ -31%
MMO SuperMed $10.75 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $11.86 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $12.00 ↓ -23%
Summacare Premier $12.46 ↓ -20%
Optum All Products Transplant $13.99 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $14.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $16.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Preferred $16.80 ↑ +8%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $16.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $16.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $18.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $18.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $19.20 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $21.07 ↑ +35%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $21.07 ↑ +35%
Anthem All Products Physician $21.07 ↑ +35%
Multiplan All Products $21.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $24.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $24.68 ↑ +58%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $25.98 ↑ +67%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $25.98 ↑ +67%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↑ +75%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↑ +75%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↑ +75%
United BH Managed Medicaid $27.54 ↑ +77%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $28.58 ↑ +83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
The Health Plan All Products not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Valor All Products not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Pt application of modality >=1 area hot/cold packs at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $27.60 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $17.86 $21.60 – $192.85
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $15.60 $1.10 – $36.00
mercy hospital Canton $15.60 $1.10 – $1,276,448.04
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $19.50 $5.53 – $22.50
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $19.50 $2.98 – $22.50
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $18.00 not published
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $19.50 $6.31 – $11.35

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