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Apply halo w/removal cranial 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

$1,367.60

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.

$2,104.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $4,506.96 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $249.53 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $262.66 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $275.79 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $275.79 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $288.93 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $288.93 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $319.39 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $396.32 ↓ -71%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $417.66 ↓ -69%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $466.80 ↓ -66%
Valor All Products $528.42 ↓ -61%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $528.42 ↓ -61%
The Health Plan All Products $528.42 ↓ -61%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $528.42 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $528.42 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $528.42 ↓ -61%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $528.42 ↓ -61%
United Medicare Advantage $528.42 ↓ -61%
PPHP All Products $530.68 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $534.63 ↓ -61%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $554.84 ↓ -59%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $691.43 ↓ -49%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $691.43 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $818.46 ↓ -40%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $839.60 ↓ -39%
MMO SuperMed $899.58 ↓ -34%
MMO NASCO $899.58 ↓ -34%
Summacare Premier $1,002.39 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,039.38 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,052.00 ↓ -23%
Summacare Preferred $1,077.98 ↓ -21%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,226.63 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,262.40 ↓ -8%
United HMO & PPO $1,300.88 ↓ -5%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,311.41 ↓ -4%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,380.43 ↑ +1%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,429.44 ↑ +5%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,449.45 ↑ +6%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,449.45 ↑ +6%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,449.45 ↑ +6%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,463.26 ↑ +7%
MMO Traditional $1,472.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,472.80 ↑ +8%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,518.47 ↑ +11%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↑ +11%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↑ +11%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↑ +11%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↑ +11%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,521.28 ↑ +11%
United All Products $1,540.65 ↑ +13%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,566.92 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,578.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,578.00 ↑ +15%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,642.99 ↑ +20%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,673.41 ↑ +22%
Aetna Asa $1,683.20 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,756.09 ↑ +28%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,756.09 ↑ +28%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,756.09 ↑ +28%
Multiplan All Products $1,893.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,104.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $3,830.90 ↑ +180%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $3,915.79 ↑ +186%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $4,506.96 ↑ +230%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Apply halo w/removal cranial at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,367.60 $1.10 – $1,912.99
mercy hospital Canton $1,367.60 $1.10 – $1,893.60
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