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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$882.70

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$1,358.00

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 $3,004.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $21.94 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $23.20 ↓ -97%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $24.35 ↓ -97%
Oscar All Products $24.39 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $25.63 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $26.91 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $26.91 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $28.19 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $28.19 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $28.69 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan All Products $30.93 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $30.93 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $30.93 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.93 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $30.93 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $30.93 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $30.93 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $30.93 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $32.06 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $32.48 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $34.02 ↓ -96%
OHCP All Products $37.34 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $47.39 ↓ -95%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $47.42 ↓ -95%
OMAS All Products $48.00 ↓ -95%
Optum All Products Transplant $55.97 ↓ -94%
PHPHI All Products $57.60 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM HPN $60.84 ↓ -93%
Summacare Preferred $63.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $65.14 ↓ -93%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $66.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna Acop $66.96 ↓ -92%
MMO Traditional $67.20 ↓ -92%
GMS All Products $67.20 ↓ -92%
Summacare Premier $68.85 ↓ -92%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $69.67 ↓ -92%
Consociate Health All Products $72.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna All Products First Health $72.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Asa $76.80 ↓ -91%
Cigna All Products Physician $76.97 ↓ -91%
Multiplan All Products $86.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $96.00 ↓ -89%
Anthem All Products Physician $120.34 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $120.34 ↓ -86%
United HMO & PPO $131.20 ↓ -85%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $138.73 ↓ -84%
United All Products - Mid-Level $144.16 ↓ -84%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $146.03 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $153.33 ↓ -83%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $153.33 ↓ -83%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $153.33 ↓ -83%
United BH Managed Medicaid $154.79 ↓ -82%
United All Products $155.38 ↓ -82%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $160.63 ↓ -82%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $176.94 ↓ -80%
OPTUM All Products VA $272.75 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $272.75 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $272.75 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $272.75 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.30 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
Valor HMO & PPO $290.40 ↓ -67%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.57 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $299.11 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $313.63 ↓ -64%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $319.44 ↓ -64%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $384.04 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $434.56 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $434.56 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $487.52 ↓ -45%
MMO NASCO $505.34 ↓ -43%
MMO SuperMed $505.34 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $549.99 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $611.10 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $659.99 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $679.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $707.52 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $733.32 ↓ -17%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $747.49 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $750.97 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $768.63 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $814.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $814.80 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $860.34 ↓ -3%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $937.02 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $950.60 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $950.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,018.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,018.50 ↑ +15%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,018.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,086.40 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,222.20 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,222.20 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,222.20 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,358.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +178%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +224%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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