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Amputation follow-up surgery 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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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.

$927.34 with OPTUM vs $5,783.06 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 $927.34
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $976.15
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $976.15
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,024.96
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,024.96
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,024.96
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,034.72
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,073.77
OPTUM All Products VA $1,690.17
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,690.17
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,690.17
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,690.17
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,749.33
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,825.39
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.02
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.02
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.02
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.02
Valor HMO & PPO $1,952.02
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,010.58
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,108.18
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $2,147.22
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,147.22
ANTHEM HPN $4,915.58
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $5,024.51
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $5,783.06

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Amputation follow-up surgery at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,033.20 $1.10 – $2,815.20
avon hospital Avon not published $994.56 – $2,147.22
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,623.76 – $1,880.14
euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,018.95 – $2,147.22
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $957.25 – $2,147.22
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $911.34 – $2,147.22
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $997.31 – $2,147.22
lodi hospital Lodi not published $1,555.89 – $1,801.56

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