Thyroid (TSH) Test 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

$75.40

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.

$116.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $116.00 with AETNA — 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
AETNA Acop $0.95 ↓ -99%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -99%
Valor HMO & PPO $16.80 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.80 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.80 ↓ -78%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.80 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $16.80 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.80 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.80 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $16.80 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.30 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.39 ↓ -77%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $17.46 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.14 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $18.14 ↓ -76%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $18.38 ↓ -76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $18.38 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $18.48 ↓ -75%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $18.48 ↓ -75%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $19.30 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $19.30 ↓ -74%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $19.30 ↓ -74%
United BH Managed Medicaid $19.48 ↓ -74%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $20.22 ↓ -73%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $28.47 ↓ -62%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $32.80 ↓ -56%
AETNA International $35.42 ↓ -53%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $37.12 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $37.12 ↓ -51%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $37.80 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $38.28 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $41.64 ↓ -45%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $43.24 ↓ -43%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $52.20 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $56.38 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $57.30 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $58.00 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM HPN $58.52 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $60.44 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $62.64 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $64.15 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $65.66 ↓ -13%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $68.84 ↓ -9%
The Health Plan HMO $69.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $69.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $80.04 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $81.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $81.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $87.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $87.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $92.80 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $104.40 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $104.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $104.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $104.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $116.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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