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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath 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

$5,422.30

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.

$8,342.00

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 Anthem vs $1,845.00 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
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Physician $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Oscar All Products $69.62 ↓ -99%
OHCP All Products $106.59 ↓ -98%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $135.36 ↓ -98%
OMAS All Products $137.00 ↓ -97%
Optum All Products Transplant $159.74 ↓ -97%
PHPHI All Products $164.40 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $191.80 ↓ -96%
Summacare Premier $191.80 ↓ -96%
GMS All Products $191.80 ↓ -96%
Summacare Preferred $191.80 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $191.80 ↓ -96%
MMO Traditional $191.80 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $191.80 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $191.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna All Products First Health $205.50 ↓ -96%
Consociate Health All Products $205.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna Asa $219.20 ↓ -96%
Multiplan All Products $246.60 ↓ -95%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $274.00 ↓ -95%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $521.77 ↓ -90%
OPTUM All Products VA $571.26 ↓ -89%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $571.26 ↓ -89%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $571.26 ↓ -89%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $571.26 ↓ -89%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $590.40 ↓ -89%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $590.40 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $591.25 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -89%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -89%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -89%
Valor HMO & PPO $593.48 ↓ -89%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.48 ↓ -89%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $603.71 ↓ -89%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $611.28 ↓ -89%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $616.96 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $635.48 ↓ -88%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $635.48 ↓ -88%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $640.96 ↓ -88%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $652.82 ↓ -88%
Summacare PREMIER $662.36 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $667.25 ↓ -88%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $667.25 ↓ -88%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $667.25 ↓ -88%
United BH Managed Medicaid $673.61 ↓ -88%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $699.03 ↓ -87%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $747.23 ↓ -86%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $830.25 ↓ -85%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $896.67 ↓ -83%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $922.50 ↓ -83%
MMO TRADITIONAL $961.25 ↓ -82%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $996.30 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,020.29 ↓ -81%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,044.27 ↓ -81%
MMO SuperMed $1,073.41 ↓ -80%
MMO NASCO $1,073.41 ↓ -80%
AETNA Acop $1,107.00 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan HMO $1,107.00 ↓ -80%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,107.00 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1,273.05 ↓ -77%
AETNA International $1,291.50 ↓ -76%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,291.50 ↓ -76%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1,291.50 ↓ -76%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,291.50 ↓ -76%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,383.75 ↓ -74%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,383.75 ↓ -74%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,476.00 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM HPN $1,494.49 ↓ -72%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,527.61 ↓ -72%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,660.50 ↓ -69%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,660.50 ↓ -69%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,660.50 ↓ -69%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,660.50 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,758.23 ↓ -68%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,845.00 ↓ -66%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
The Health Plan All Products not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United All Products not published by hospital
United All Products - Mid-Level not published by hospital
United HMO & PPO not published by hospital
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Valor All Products not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital
PPHP All Products not published by hospital
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital

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