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Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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.

$87.06 with OPTUM vs $2,065.29 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 $87.06
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $91.64
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $91.64
UNITED Managed Medicaid $96.22
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $96.22
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $96.22
United BH Managed Medicaid $97.14
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $100.80
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $504.00
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $504.00
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $504.00
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $504.00
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $504.00
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $504.00
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $504.00
Valor HMO & PPO $504.00
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $519.12
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $521.64
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $544.32
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $544.32
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $554.40
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $554.40
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $564.67
AETNA International $1,062.61
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,134.00
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,297.30
ANTHEM HPN $1,755.48
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,065.29

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,260.70 $109.69 – $3,130.20
avon hospital Avon not published $93.38 – $554.40
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $152.45 – $176.52
euclid hospital Euclid not published $95.67 – $554.40
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $89.87 – $554.40
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $85.56 – $554.40
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $93.63 – $554.40
lodi hospital Lodi not published $146.07 – $169.14

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