Swallowing Therapy Session 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

$431.60

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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.

$664.00

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 $664.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $51.62 ↓ -88%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $52.40 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $55.16 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $57.92 ↓ -87%
United Managed Medicaid $57.92 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $60.68 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $60.68 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $60.89 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $67.50 ↓ -84%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $67.54 ↓ -84%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $71.09 ↓ -84%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $74.64 ↓ -83%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $74.64 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $74.64 ↓ -83%
United BH Managed Medicaid $75.36 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $75.44 ↓ -83%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $78.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $81.18 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $81.18 ↓ -81%
United Medicare Advantage $81.18 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $81.18 ↓ -81%
Valor All Products $81.18 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan All Products $81.18 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $81.18 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $81.18 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $85.24 ↓ -80%
PPHP All Products $85.76 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $107.20 ↓ -75%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.20 ↓ -75%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $107.20 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.94 ↓ -75%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.94 ↓ -75%
Valor HMO & PPO $108.94 ↓ -75%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.94 ↓ -75%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.94 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.95 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $112.08 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $112.08 ↓ -74%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $112.21 ↓ -74%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.78 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $117.66 ↓ -73%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $119.83 ↓ -72%
Oscar All Products $136.20 ↓ -68%
MMO NASCO $143.36 ↓ -67%
MMO SuperMed $143.36 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM HPN $144.66 ↓ -66%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $160.09 ↓ -63%
Summacare Premier $162.00 ↓ -62%
Summacare Preferred $165.61 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $172.95 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $187.78 ↓ -56%
OHCP All Products $208.50 ↓ -52%
United All Products - Mid-Level $211.07 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $212.48 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $212.48 ↓ -51%
United HMO & PPO $214.97 ↓ -50%
United All Products $223.08 ↓ -48%
Summacare PREMIER $238.38 ↓ -45%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $239.00 ↓ -45%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $264.78 ↓ -39%
OMAS All Products $268.00 ↓ -38%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $268.92 ↓ -38%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $280.41 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $284.67 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician $284.67 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $284.67 ↓ -34%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $298.80 ↓ -31%
Optum All Products Transplant $312.49 ↓ -28%
PHPHI All Products $321.60 ↓ -25%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $322.70 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $332.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $345.94 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $358.56 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $367.19 ↓ -15%
GMS All Products $375.20 ↓ -13%
MMO Traditional $375.20 ↓ -13%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $375.82 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $398.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $398.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $398.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna All Products First Health $402.00 ↓ -7%
Consociate Health All Products $402.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna Asa $428.80 ↓ -1%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $458.16 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $464.80 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $464.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $464.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $464.80 ↑ +8%
Multiplan All Products $482.40 ↑ +12%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $498.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $498.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $531.20 ↑ +23%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $536.00 ↑ +24%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $597.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $597.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $597.60 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $597.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $664.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS 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 —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —

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