Specimen fat stain at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
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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.
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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.
$5.88 with UNITED vs $24.10 with ANTHEM — 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 |
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| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | — |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | — |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $5.88 | — |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $5.88 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | — |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | — |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | — |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5.88 | — |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.06 | — |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.09 | — |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.35 | — |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $6.35 | — |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $6.47 | — |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.47 | — |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $7.12 | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $7.49 | — |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $7.49 | — |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $7.86 | — |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $7.86 | — |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $7.86 | — |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $7.94 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $8.24 | — |
| AETNA | International | $12.40 | — |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $13.23 | — |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $15.14 | — |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $17.28 | — |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $20.48 | — |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $24.10 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Specimen fat stain at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $11.40 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $11.40 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $11.40 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $11.40 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $11.40 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $27.28 | $2.35 – $34.84 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $26.65 | $1.10 – $36.90 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $60.75 | $2.15 – $72.90 |