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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$884.00
Cash price 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.
$1,360.00
Gross charge 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 UNITED vs $3,004.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $214.57 | ↓ -76% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $214.57 | ↓ -76% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $214.57 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $214.57 | ↓ -76% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $222.08 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $224.08 | ↓ -75% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $224.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $224.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $224.08 | ↓ -75% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $224.08 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $230.80 | ↓ -74% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $231.73 | ↓ -74% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $242.00 | ↓ -73% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $246.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $246.49 | ↓ -72% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $384.61 | ↓ -56% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $435.20 | ↓ -51% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $435.20 | ↓ -51% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $448.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $488.24 | ↓ -45% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $550.80 | ↓ -38% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $564.27 | ↓ -36% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $576.78 | ↓ -35% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $612.00 | ↓ -31% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $660.96 | ↓ -25% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $663.85 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $671.84 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $680.00 | ↓ -23% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $708.56 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $734.40 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $752.08 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $769.76 | ↓ -13% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $816.00 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $816.00 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $938.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $952.00 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $952.00 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,020.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,020.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $1,088.00 | ↑ +23% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $1,138.70 | ↑ +29% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $1,198.63 | ↑ +36% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $1,198.63 | ↑ +36% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,224.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $1,224.00 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $1,224.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $1,224.00 | ↑ +38% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $1,258.56 | ↑ +42% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $1,258.56 | ↑ +42% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $1,258.56 | ↑ +42% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $1,270.55 | ↑ +44% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $1,318.49 | ↑ +49% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $1,360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | Acop | $2,451.00 | ↑ +177% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $2,860.00 | ↑ +224% |
| AETNA | International | $3,004.00 | ↑ +240% |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $2,719.80 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,244.50 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,448.73 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,361.02 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,295.73 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,417.97 |
| marymount hospital | Garfield Heights | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,279.39 |
| medina hospital | Medina | $2,232.10 | $0.01 – $1,327.04 |