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Arthrs kne srg drlg ost diss 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

$2,654.60

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.

$4,084.00

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 $20,338.07 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 $469.25 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $477.57 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $502.70 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $517.14 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $527.84 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $527.84 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $552.97 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $552.97 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $613.63 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $685.82 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $689.52 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $689.52 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $689.52 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $689.52 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $689.52 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $689.52 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $689.52 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $689.52 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $724.00 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $758.47 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,013.04 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,013.04 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $1,037.74 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,285.91 ↓ -52%
Summacare Preferred $1,406.62 ↓ -47%
Summacare Premier $1,472.72 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $1,588.68 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,877.54 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,017.50 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $2,042.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,063.08 ↓ -22%
United All Products $2,223.60 ↓ -16%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,380.97 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,450.40 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,572.91 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,572.91 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,572.91 ↓ -3%
GMS All Products $2,858.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,858.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,063.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $3,063.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,267.20 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,451.33 ↑ +30%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,632.98 ↑ +37%
Multiplan All Products $3,675.60 ↑ +38%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,814.63 ↑ +44%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,814.63 ↑ +44%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,814.63 ↑ +44%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,850.96 ↑ +45%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,996.28 ↑ +51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,084.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +149%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +149%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +149%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +149%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +157%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +159%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +159%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +159%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +159%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +159%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +166%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +169%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +179%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +184%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +360%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +360%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +551%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +566%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +666%
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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Arthrs kne srg drlg ost diss at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,654.60 $1.10 – $6,864.94
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