X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$469.30
Cash price 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.
$722.00
Gross charge 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 $608.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
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 | $7.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $9.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $9.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $11.11 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Valor | All Products | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $12.44 | ↓ -97% |
| PPHP | All Products | $12.63 | ↓ -97% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $13.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $16.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $16.68 | ↓ -96% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $22.94 | ↓ -95% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $23.70 | ↓ -95% |
| Summacare | Premier | $23.85 | ↓ -95% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $25.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $27.83 | ↓ -94% |
| Oscar | All Products | $28.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $29.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $30.75 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $30.75 | ↓ -93% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $31.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $32.22 | ↓ -93% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $32.22 | ↓ -93% |
| United | All Products | $34.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Acop | $38.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $42.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $42.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $42.36 | ↓ -91% |
| OHCP | All Products | $44.35 | ↓ -91% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $45.07 | ↓ -90% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $47.44 | ↓ -90% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $49.81 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $49.81 | ↓ -89% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $49.81 | ↓ -89% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $50.29 | ↓ -89% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $52.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $56.32 | ↓ -88% |
| OMAS | All Products | $57.00 | ↓ -88% |
| MMO | NASCO | $61.56 | ↓ -87% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $61.56 | ↓ -87% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $66.46 | ↓ -86% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $68.40 | ↓ -85% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $76.23 | ↓ -84% |
| GMS | All Products | $79.80 | ↓ -83% |
| MMO | Traditional | $79.80 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $81.36 | ↓ -83% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $81.36 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $81.36 | ↓ -83% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $81.36 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $84.20 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $84.80 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $85.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $85.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $87.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $88.92 | ↓ -81% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $90.57 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Asa | $91.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $102.60 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $114.00 | ↓ -76% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $171.94 | ↓ -63% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $194.56 | ↓ -59% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $194.56 | ↓ -59% |
| AETNA | International | $205.96 | ↓ -56% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $211.92 | ↓ -55% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $218.27 | ↓ -53% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $243.92 | ↓ -48% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $246.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $273.60 | ↓ -42% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.49 | ↓ -37% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $304.00 | ↓ -35% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $316.77 | ↓ -33% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $328.32 | ↓ -30% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $336.22 | ↓ -28% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $344.13 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $364.80 | ↓ -22% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $364.80 | ↓ -22% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $409.57 | ↓ -13% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $419.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $425.60 | ↓ -9% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $425.60 | ↓ -9% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $456.00 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $456.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $486.40 | ↑ +4% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $547.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $547.20 | ↑ +17% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $547.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $547.20 | ↑ +17% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $608.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $252.00 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $148.20 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $148.20 | not published |
| Kings Mills Hospital | Mason | $148.20 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $252.00 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $114.00 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $586.19 | $709.20 – $910.14 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $469.30 | $1.10 – $547.20 |