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Arthrodesis/cerv/thor/lumb/ea add 22585 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

$1,578.85

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.

$2,429.00

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 $8,572.30 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $200.61 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $213.54 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $262.34 ↓ -83%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $274.78 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $284.72 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $284.72 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $284.72 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $284.72 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $284.72 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $284.72 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $284.72 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $284.72 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $289.24 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $293.20 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $298.96 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $303.70 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $303.70 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $313.19 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $318.16 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $318.16 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $440.44 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $440.44 ↓ -72%
Summacare Preferred $580.83 ↓ -63%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $605.64 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $617.21 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $629.61 ↓ -60%
United HMO & PPO $807.79 ↓ -49%
United All Products - Mid-Level $887.62 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $944.88 ↓ -40%
United All Products $956.68 ↓ -39%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,118.65 ↓ -29%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,118.65 ↓ -29%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,118.65 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,199.93 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,214.50 ↓ -23%
MMO SuperMed $1,311.66 ↓ -17%
MMO NASCO $1,311.66 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,416.11 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,457.40 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $1,700.30 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,700.30 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,821.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,821.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,943.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,186.10 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,429.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $7,403.35 ↑ +369%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $7,793.00 ↑ +394%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $8,182.65 ↑ +418%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $8,182.65 ↑ +418%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $8,182.65 ↑ +418%
United BH Managed Medicaid $8,260.58 ↑ +423%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $8,572.30 ↑ +443%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Arthrodesis/cerv/thor/lumb/ea add 22585 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,578.85 $1.10 – $10,799.44
mercy hospital Canton $1,578.85 $1.10 – $8,365.29
avon hospital Avon not published $7,939.95 – $8,091.19
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $8,134.69 – $9,419.11
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $7,642.13 – $8,848.79
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $7,275.57 – $8,424.34
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $7,961.90 – $9,219.05

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