Apheresis platelets 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

$1,634.10

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.

$2,514.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $4,001.00 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.

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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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $63.15 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $65.33 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $65.74 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $66.47 ↓ -96%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $69.79 ↓ -96%
United Managed Medicaid $69.79 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $73.12 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $73.12 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $85.97 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $87.11 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $87.11 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $87.11 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $87.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $87.11 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $87.11 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products $87.11 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $87.11 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $91.47 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $95.82 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $96.08 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $140.61 ↓ -91%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $140.61 ↓ -91%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $177.64 ↓ -89%
Summacare Preferred $177.70 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM HPN $183.77 ↓ -89%
Summacare Premier $206.33 ↓ -87%
Oscar All Products $223.61 ↓ -86%
United HMO & PPO $259.11 ↓ -84%
United All Products - Mid-Level $284.71 ↓ -83%
United All Products $306.86 ↓ -81%
OHCP All Products $342.32 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Physician $357.14 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $357.14 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $357.14 ↓ -78%
OPTUM All Products VA $403.95 ↓ -75%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $403.95 ↓ -75%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $403.95 ↓ -75%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $403.95 ↓ -75%
Valor HMO & PPO $417.39 ↓ -74%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $417.39 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $417.39 ↓ -74%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $417.39 ↓ -74%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $417.39 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $418.08 ↓ -74%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $429.91 ↓ -74%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $434.72 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $436.26 ↓ -73%
OMAS All Products $440.00 ↓ -73%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $450.78 ↓ -72%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $459.12 ↓ -72%
Optum All Products Transplant $513.04 ↓ -69%
PHPHI All Products $528.00 ↓ -68%
GMS All Products $616.00 ↓ -62%
MMO Traditional $616.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna All Products First Health $660.00 ↓ -60%
Consociate Health All Products $660.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Asa $704.00 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $710.96 ↓ -56%
MMO SuperMed $741.89 ↓ -55%
MMO NASCO $741.89 ↓ -55%
Multiplan All Products $792.00 ↓ -52%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $804.48 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $804.48 ↓ -51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $880.00 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $902.53 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,018.17 ↓ -38%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,074.35 ↓ -34%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,131.30 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,221.80 ↓ -25%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,236.54 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,254.90 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,257.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,309.79 ↓ -20%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,320.95 ↓ -19%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,357.56 ↓ -17%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,387.00 ↓ -15%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,387.00 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,387.00 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,390.24 ↓ -15%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,400.21 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,422.92 ↓ -13%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,453.05 ↓ -11%
The Health Plan HMO $1,508.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,508.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1,734.66 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,759.80 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,759.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,885.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,885.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $2,011.20 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,262.60 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,262.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,262.60 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,262.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,514.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↑ +100%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↑ +133%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↑ +145%
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —

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Apheresis platelets at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,634.10 $1.10 – $2,262.60
mercy hospital Canton $572.00 $1.10 – $1,417.96
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $3,141.75 $417.39 – $834.77
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $4,909.45 $425.39 – $3,714.00
Shelby Hospital Shelby $2,396.55 not published
Berger Hospital Circleville $3,640.00 $286.75 – $1,752.00
Grant Medical Center Columbus $4,909.45 $425.39 – $3,714.00
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge $3,157.05 $417.38 – $434.08

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