2d tte w or without fol w/con,co 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

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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.

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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.

$280.48 with OPTUM vs $2,197.21 with ANTHEM — 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 $280.48 —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $295.24 —
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $295.24 —
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $310.00 —
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $310.00 —
UNITED Managed Medicaid $310.00 —
United BH Managed Medicaid $312.95 —
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $324.76 —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $730.00 —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $730.00 —
OPTUM All Products VA $730.00 —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $730.00 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $741.65 —
Valor HMO & PPO $741.65 —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $755.55 —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $763.90 —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $788.40 —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $800.98 —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $815.81 —
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $815.81 —
ANTHEM HPN $1,867.62 —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,909.01 —
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,197.21 —

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $581.24 $703.20 – $902.44
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,952.95 $353.35 – $4,088.70
avon hospital Avon $2,952.95 $300.80 – $4,088.70
euclid hospital Euclid $2,952.95 $308.19 – $4,088.70
fairview hospital Cleveland $2,952.95 $289.52 – $4,088.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland $2,952.95 $275.64 – $4,088.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $2,952.95 $301.64 – $4,088.70
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $2,952.95 $272.16 – $4,088.70

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