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Unlisted px casting/strpg 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

$195.00

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.

$300.00

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.

$44.82 with OPTUM vs $2,453.00 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 $44.82 ↓ -77%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $47.18 ↓ -76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $47.18 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $49.54 ↓ -75%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $49.54 ↓ -75%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $49.54 ↓ -75%
United BH Managed Medicaid $50.01 ↓ -74%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $51.90 ↓ -73%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $84.84 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $96.00 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $96.00 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $99.00 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $107.70 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $135.00 ↓ -31%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $145.79 ↓ -25%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $145.79 ↓ -25%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $145.79 ↓ -25%
OPTUM All Products VA $145.79 ↓ -25%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $145.80 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $148.20 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $150.00 ↓ -23%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $150.90 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.74 ↓ -21%
Valor HMO & PPO $153.74 ↓ -21%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.74 ↓ -21%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.74 ↓ -21%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.74 ↓ -21%
MMO TRADITIONAL $156.30 ↓ -20%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.46 ↓ -19%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.35 ↓ -19%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $162.00 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $165.90 ↓ -15%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $166.04 ↓ -15%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $169.11 ↓ -13%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $169.11 ↓ -13%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $169.80 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $180.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $180.00 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $180.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $207.00 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $210.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $210.00 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $210.00 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $210.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $225.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $225.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $240.00 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $270.00 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $270.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $270.00 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $270.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $300.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $387.14 ↑ +99%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $395.72 ↑ +103%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $455.46 ↑ +134%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,453.00 ↑ +1158%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Unlisted px casting/strpg at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $175.50 $0.01 – $255.99
lodi hospital Lodi $168.35 $73.25 – $233.10
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University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $316.50 $153.74 – $389.37
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