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Arthrt ac sc jt exp/rmvl fb 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

$1,973.40

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.

$3,036.00

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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $347.97 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $393.87 ↓ -80%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $398.28 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $419.24 ↓ -79%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $440.20 ↓ -78%
United Managed Medicaid $440.20 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $455.04 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $461.16 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $461.16 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $508.57 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $525.16 ↓ -73%
Valor All Products $525.16 ↓ -73%
United Medicare Advantage $525.16 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $525.16 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $525.16 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $525.16 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $525.16 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products $525.16 ↓ -73%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $551.42 ↓ -72%
PPHP All Products $577.68 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $764.04 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $764.04 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $771.45 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $974.28 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $1,071.33 ↓ -46%
Summacare Premier $1,092.09 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $1,181.00 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,406.27 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,499.78 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,518.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,545.25 ↓ -22%
United All Products $1,665.47 ↓ -16%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,769.99 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,821.60 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,940.50 ↓ -2%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,940.50 ↓ -2%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,940.50 ↓ -2%
GMS All Products $2,125.20 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,125.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,277.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,277.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,428.80 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,599.83 ↑ +32%
Multiplan All Products $2,732.40 ↑ +38%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,736.66 ↑ +39%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +46%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +46%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +46%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,900.86 ↑ +47%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,997.95 ↑ +52%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,997.95 ↑ +52%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,997.95 ↑ +52%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.95 ↑ +52%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,010.33 ↑ +53%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,036.00 ↑ +54%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +57%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,095.56 ↑ +57%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +57%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +57%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +57%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,102.88 ↑ +57%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +62%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,237.79 ↑ +64%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +69%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,405.12 ↑ +73%
MMO SuperMed $5,526.53 ↑ +180%
MMO NASCO $5,526.53 ↑ +180%
ANTHEM HPN $7,795.25 ↑ +295%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,967.98 ↑ +304%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,170.92 ↑ +365%
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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