Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$387.40

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.

$596.00

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 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.

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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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $17.41 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $18.97 ↓ -95%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $20.36 ↓ -95%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $21.43 ↓ -94%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $22.50 ↓ -94%
United Managed Medicaid $22.50 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $22.76 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $23.57 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $23.57 ↓ -94%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $25.29 ↓ -93%
Valor All Products $25.29 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.29 ↓ -93%
United Medicare Advantage $25.29 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $25.29 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan All Products $25.29 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $25.29 ↓ -93%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $25.29 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $25.44 ↓ -93%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $26.55 ↓ -93%
Oscar All Products $27.44 ↓ -93%
PPHP All Products $27.82 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $38.23 ↓ -90%
OHCP All Products $42.01 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM HPN $50.67 ↓ -87%
Summacare Preferred $51.59 ↓ -87%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $53.35 ↓ -86%
OMAS All Products $54.00 ↓ -86%
Summacare Premier $54.63 ↓ -86%
Optum All Products Transplant $62.96 ↓ -84%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $64.51 ↓ -83%
PHPHI All Products $64.80 ↓ -83%
GMS All Products $75.60 ↓ -80%
MMO Traditional $75.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna All Products First Health $81.00 ↓ -79%
Consociate Health All Products $81.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Asa $86.40 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Physician $97.09 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $97.09 ↓ -75%
Multiplan All Products $97.20 ↓ -75%
Aetna Acop $100.52 ↓ -74%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $108.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $108.47 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $116.02 ↓ -70%
Cigna All Products Physician $128.17 ↓ -67%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $133.98 ↓ -65%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $141.03 ↓ -64%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $148.08 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $148.08 ↓ -62%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $148.08 ↓ -62%
United BH Managed Medicaid $149.49 ↓ -61%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $155.13 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $168.55 ↓ -56%
OPTUM All Products VA $183.59 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $183.59 ↓ -53%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.59 ↓ -53%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $183.59 ↓ -53%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82 ↓ -51%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82 ↓ -51%
Valor HMO & PPO $189.82 ↓ -51%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82 ↓ -51%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82 ↓ -51%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $190.02 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $190.72 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $190.72 ↓ -51%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $195.51 ↓ -50%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $198.28 ↓ -49%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $205.00 ↓ -47%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $208.80 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $213.96 ↓ -45%
United HMO & PPO $214.99 ↓ -45%
United All Products - Mid-Level $236.24 ↓ -39%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $241.38 ↓ -38%
United All Products $254.62 ↓ -34%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $268.20 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $289.66 ↓ -25%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $294.66 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $298.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $310.52 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $321.84 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $329.59 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $337.34 ↓ -13%
MMO SuperMed $342.27 ↓ -12%
MMO NASCO $342.27 ↓ -12%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $357.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $357.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $411.24 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $417.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $417.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $447.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $447.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $476.80 ↑ +23%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $488.59 ↑ +26%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $536.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $536.40 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $536.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $536.40 ↑ +38%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $562.35 ↑ +45%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $596.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +533%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +638%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +675%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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