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Sialography s&i 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

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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.

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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.

$113.20 with OPTUM vs $1,165.03 with UNITED — 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $113.20
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $119.16
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $119.16
UNITED Managed Medicaid $125.12
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $125.12
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $125.12
United BH Managed Medicaid $126.31
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $131.08
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $223.34
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $223.34
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $223.34
OPTUM All Products VA $223.34
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.74
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.74
Valor HMO & PPO $225.74
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.74
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.74
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.16
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $232.51
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.21
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $243.79
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $248.31
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $248.31
ANTHEM HPN $568.45
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $581.04
AETNA International $585.88
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $668.77
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,165.03

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Sialography s&i at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,183.00 $1.10 – $1,501.20
avon hospital Avon not published $121.41 – $248.31
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $198.22 – $229.52
euclid hospital Euclid not published $124.38 – $248.31
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $116.86 – $248.31
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $111.25 – $248.31
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $121.74 – $248.31
lodi hospital Lodi not published $189.93 – $219.92

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