X-ray consultation 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

$1,217.45

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.

$1,873.00

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 $141.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1.65 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $13.64 ↓ -99%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $13.64 ↓ -99%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $34.65 ↓ -97%
Anthem All Products Physician $34.65 ↓ -97%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $34.65 ↓ -97%
Oscar All Products $35.83 ↓ -97%
OHCP All Products $54.85 ↓ -95%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $68.91 ↓ -94%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $69.65 ↓ -94%
OMAS All Products $70.50 ↓ -94%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $72.54 ↓ -94%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $72.54 ↓ -94%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $74.13 ↓ -94%
MMO SuperMed $76.14 ↓ -94%
MMO NASCO $76.14 ↓ -94%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $76.17 ↓ -94%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $76.17 ↓ -94%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $76.17 ↓ -94%
United BH Managed Medicaid $76.89 ↓ -94%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $79.79 ↓ -93%
Optum All Products Transplant $82.20 ↓ -93%
PHPHI All Products $84.60 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $98.70 ↓ -92%
GMS All Products $98.70 ↓ -92%
MMO Traditional $98.70 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $98.70 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $98.70 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $98.70 ↓ -92%
Summacare Preferred $98.70 ↓ -92%
Summacare Premier $98.70 ↓ -92%
Consociate Health All Products $105.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna All Products First Health $105.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna Asa $112.80 ↓ -91%
Multiplan All Products $126.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $141.00 ↓ -88%
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
PPHP All Products not published by hospital —
United Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
The Health Plan All Products not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United All Products not published by hospital —
United All Products - Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Valor All Products not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —

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