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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) 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

$518.70

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.

$798.00

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 $734.00 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 $4.92 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $5.89 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $6.43 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $7.19 ↓ -99%
United Medicare Advantage $7.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.85 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $7.85 ↓ -98%
Valor All Products $7.85 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan All Products $7.85 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $7.85 ↓ -98%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $7.85 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.85 ↓ -98%
PPHP All Products $8.18 ↓ -98%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $8.24 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $10.81 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $10.81 ↓ -98%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $14.03 ↓ -97%
United HMO & PPO $15.35 ↓ -97%
Summacare Premier $15.44 ↓ -97%
Summacare Preferred $16.01 ↓ -97%
Oscar All Products $16.26 ↓ -97%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $18.78 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $19.77 ↓ -96%
United All Products - Mid-Level $20.20 ↓ -96%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $20.76 ↓ -96%
United Managed Medicaid $20.76 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $21.75 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $21.75 ↓ -96%
United All Products $22.21 ↓ -96%
OHCP All Products $24.90 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $27.46 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician $27.46 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $27.46 ↓ -95%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $31.62 ↓ -94%
OMAS All Products $32.00 ↓ -94%
MMO NASCO $34.56 ↓ -93%
MMO SuperMed $34.56 ↓ -93%
Optum All Products Transplant $37.31 ↓ -93%
PHPHI All Products $38.40 ↓ -93%
GMS All Products $44.80 ↓ -91%
MMO Traditional $44.80 ↓ -91%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $45.07 ↓ -91%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $47.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna All Products First Health $48.00 ↓ -91%
Consociate Health All Products $48.00 ↓ -91%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $49.81 ↓ -90%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $49.81 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $49.81 ↓ -90%
United BH Managed Medicaid $50.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna Asa $51.20 ↓ -90%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $52.18 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM HPN $55.77 ↓ -89%
Multiplan All Products $57.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $64.00 ↓ -88%
OPTUM All Products VA $98.26 ↓ -81%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.26 ↓ -81%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $98.26 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $98.26 ↓ -81%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -81%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -81%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.91 ↓ -81%
Valor HMO & PPO $98.91 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.69 ↓ -80%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.88 ↓ -80%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.12 ↓ -80%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $106.82 ↓ -79%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $108.80 ↓ -79%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $207.58 ↓ -60%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $234.88 ↓ -55%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $234.88 ↓ -55%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $254.59 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $263.51 ↓ -49%
AETNA International $277.21 ↓ -47%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $293.03 ↓ -44%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $297.27 ↓ -43%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $330.30 ↓ -36%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $356.72 ↓ -31%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $367.00 ↓ -29%
MMO TRADITIONAL $382.41 ↓ -26%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $396.36 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $405.90 ↓ -22%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $415.44 ↓ -20%
The Health Plan HMO $440.40 ↓ -15%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $440.40 ↓ -15%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $506.46 ↓ -2%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $513.80 ↓ -1%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $513.80 ↓ -1%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $550.50 ↑ +6%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $550.50 ↑ +6%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $551.66 ↑ +6%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $587.20 ↑ +13%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $660.60 ↑ +27%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $660.60 ↑ +27%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $660.60 ↑ +27%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $660.60 ↑ +27%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $734.00 ↑ +42%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $518.70 $1.10 – $660.60
avon hospital Avon $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
euclid hospital Euclid $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
lodi hospital Lodi $477.10 $75.62 – $660.60
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60

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