Acyclovir 400 mg tablet 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

$1.30

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.

$2.00

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.

$0.30 with ANTHEM vs $47.96 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
ANTHEM HPN $0.30 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $0.35 ↓ -73%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $0.44 ↓ -66%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.44 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $0.57 ↓ -56%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $0.60 ↓ -54%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $0.64 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $0.64 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $0.66 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $0.72 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $0.80 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $0.90 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $0.97 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $0.99 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1.04 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1.08 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1.11 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1.13 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $1.20 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $1.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1.20 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1.38 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $1.40 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1.40 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1.68 ↑ +29%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1.80 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1.80 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1.80 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1.80 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2.17 ↑ +67%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $41.42 ↑ +3086%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $43.60 ↑ +3254%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $43.60 ↑ +3254%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $45.78 ↑ +3422%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $45.78 ↑ +3422%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $45.78 ↑ +3422%
United BH Managed Medicaid $46.22 ↑ +3455%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $47.96 ↑ +3589%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $63.02 $1.10 – $60.42
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