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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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.

$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

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%
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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