Arthrd pst tq atlas-axis 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

$5,366.40

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.

$8,256.00

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 $35,984.87 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $950.72 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,091.13 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,094.00 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,148.56 ↓ -79%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,205.99 ↓ -78%
United Managed Medicaid $1,205.99 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,243.24 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,263.42 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,263.42 ↓ -76%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,389.51 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
Valor All Products $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
United Medicare Advantage $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,458.66 ↓ -73%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,531.59 ↓ -71%
PPHP All Products $1,579.65 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,057.92 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,057.92 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $2,097.85 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,617.89 ↓ -51%
MMO NASCO $2,637.82 ↓ -51%
MMO SuperMed $2,637.82 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $2,975.67 ↓ -45%
Summacare Premier $2,983.79 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $3,211.58 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $3,815.87 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,078.46 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $4,128.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,192.97 ↓ -22%
United All Products $4,519.19 ↓ -16%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,813.25 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,953.60 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,226.69 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,226.69 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,226.69 ↓ -3%
MMO Traditional $5,779.20 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $5,779.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,192.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $6,192.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,604.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $7,430.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $8,256.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $11,158.03 ↑ +108%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $11,745.29 ↑ +119%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +126%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +126%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +126%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +126%
Valor HMO & PPO $12,146.38 ↑ +126%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +130%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +130%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +130%
United BH Managed Medicaid $12,450.01 ↑ +132%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,510.77 ↑ +133%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $12,919.82 ↑ +141%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $13,118.09 ↑ +144%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $13,361.02 ↑ +149%
ANTHEM HPN $30,587.02 ↑ +470%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $31,264.79 ↑ +483%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $35,984.87 ↑ +571%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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