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Arthrotomy strnclav joint 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

$1,593.80

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.

$2,452.00

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 $9,170.92 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 $306.61 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $312.74 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $322.75 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $338.89 ↓ -79%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $338.89 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $351.98 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $355.03 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $355.03 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $408.97 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $457.08 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $469.30 ↓ -71%
Valor All Products $469.30 ↓ -71%
United Medicare Advantage $469.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $469.30 ↓ -71%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $469.30 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $469.30 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan All Products $469.30 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $469.30 ↓ -71%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $492.77 ↓ -69%
PPHP All Products $516.23 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $623.05 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $674.25 ↓ -58%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $674.25 ↓ -58%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $827.33 ↓ -48%
OHCP All Products $953.83 ↓ -40%
Summacare Preferred $957.37 ↓ -40%
Summacare Premier $981.53 ↓ -38%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,211.29 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,226.00 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $1,250.98 ↓ -22%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,374.61 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,429.52 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,471.20 ↓ -8%
United All Products $1,481.55 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,712.46 ↑ +7%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,712.46 ↑ +7%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,712.46 ↑ +7%
GMS All Products $1,716.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,716.40 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,839.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,839.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,961.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,206.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,452.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,599.83 ↑ +63%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,736.66 ↑ +72%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +80%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +80%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +80%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,900.86 ↑ +82%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.95 ↑ +88%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,997.95 ↑ +88%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,997.95 ↑ +88%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,997.95 ↑ +88%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,010.33 ↑ +89%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +94%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,095.56 ↑ +94%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +94%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +94%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +94%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,102.88 ↑ +95%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +100%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,237.79 ↑ +103%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +110%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,405.12 ↑ +114%
MMO SuperMed $5,526.53 ↑ +247%
MMO NASCO $5,526.53 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM HPN $7,795.25 ↑ +389%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,967.98 ↑ +400%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,170.92 ↑ +475%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop 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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Arthrotomy strnclav joint at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,593.80 $1.10 – $3,792.43
mercy hospital Canton $1,593.80 $1.10 – $3,188.43
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