Arthr si jt opn b1grf instrm 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

$5,200.00

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.

$8,000.00

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 $49,144.62 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 $664.59 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $699.57 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $734.55 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $734.55 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $769.53 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $769.53 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $847.93 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $940.49 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,108.83 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,239.28 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
Valor All Products $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,253.98 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,316.68 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $1,379.38 ↓ -73%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,775.70 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,840.41 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,840.41 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $2,032.80 ↓ -61%
MMO NASCO $2,345.73 ↓ -55%
MMO SuperMed $2,345.73 ↓ -55%
Summacare Preferred $2,558.12 ↓ -51%
Summacare Premier $2,661.20 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $3,112.00 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $3,394.31 ↓ -35%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,729.74 ↓ -28%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,952.00 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $4,000.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $4,019.92 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,664.00 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,674.24 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,674.24 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,674.24 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,800.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $5,600.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $5,600.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,000.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $6,000.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,400.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $7,200.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $8,000.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $8,887.35 ↑ +71%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $9,355.11 ↑ +80%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $9,822.87 ↑ +89%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $9,822.87 ↑ +89%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $9,822.87 ↑ +89%
United BH Managed Medicaid $9,916.42 ↑ +91%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $10,290.62 ↑ +98%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +219%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +219%
Valor HMO & PPO $16,588.34 ↑ +219%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +219%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +219%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,085.99 ↑ +229%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $17,915.41 ↑ +245%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $18,247.18 ↑ +251%
ANTHEM HPN $41,772.76 ↑ +703%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $42,698.39 ↑ +721%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $49,144.62 ↑ +845%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,200.00 $1.10 – $16,588.34
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