Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure 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

$752.70

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.

$1,158.00

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.

$0.87 with AETNA vs $863.00 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 $0.87 ↓ -100%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1.65 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $16.69 ↓ -98%
Oscar All Products $16.77 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $21.83 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $22.55 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $24.40 ↓ -97%
OHCP All Products $25.67 ↓ -97%
PPHP All Products $27.73 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $30.07 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.07 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $30.07 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $30.07 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $30.07 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products $30.07 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $30.07 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $30.07 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $31.57 ↓ -96%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $32.60 ↓ -96%
OMAS All Products $33.00 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $35.39 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $35.39 ↓ -95%
MMO SuperMed $35.64 ↓ -95%
MMO NASCO $35.64 ↓ -95%
Aetna Acop $36.15 ↓ -95%
Optum All Products Transplant $38.48 ↓ -95%
PHPHI All Products $39.60 ↓ -95%
GMS All Products $46.20 ↓ -94%
MMO Traditional $46.20 ↓ -94%
Consociate Health All Products $49.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna All Products First Health $49.50 ↓ -93%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $49.64 ↓ -93%
United HMO & PPO $50.84 ↓ -93%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $52.25 ↓ -93%
Summacare Premier $52.39 ↓ -93%
Aetna Asa $52.80 ↓ -93%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $54.87 ↓ -93%
United Managed Medicaid $54.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Managed Medicaid $57.48 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $57.48 ↓ -92%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $57.89 ↓ -92%
Multiplan All Products $59.40 ↓ -92%
Summacare Preferred $61.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $66.00 ↓ -91%
United All Products - Mid-Level $66.92 ↓ -91%
United All Products $73.55 ↓ -90%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $74.00 ↓ -90%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $77.89 ↓ -90%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $81.78 ↓ -89%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $81.78 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $81.78 ↓ -89%
United BH Managed Medicaid $82.56 ↓ -89%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $85.68 ↓ -89%
AETNA International $87.53 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $89.87 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Physician $89.87 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $89.87 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM HPN $99.55 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $133.45 ↓ -82%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.13 ↓ -75%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $244.06 ↓ -68%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $276.16 ↓ -63%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $276.16 ↓ -63%
Summacare PREMIER $309.82 ↓ -59%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $349.52 ↓ -54%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $388.35 ↓ -48%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $419.42 ↓ -44%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $431.50 ↓ -43%
MMO TRADITIONAL $449.62 ↓ -40%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $466.02 ↓ -38%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $477.24 ↓ -37%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $488.46 ↓ -35%
The Health Plan HMO $517.80 ↓ -31%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $517.80 ↓ -31%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $595.47 ↓ -21%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $604.10 ↓ -20%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $604.10 ↓ -20%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $647.25 ↓ -14%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $647.25 ↓ -14%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $690.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $725.78 ↓ -4%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $776.70 ↑ +3%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $776.70 ↑ +3%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $776.70 ↑ +3%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $776.70 ↑ +3%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $863.00 ↑ +15%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —

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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $1,441.80 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $1,441.80 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $1,441.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $1,373.40 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $1,441.80 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $525.20 $616.20 – $790.79
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $926.25 $0.01 – $776.70
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