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Biopsy, bone open deep 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

$1,716.00

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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.

$2,640.00

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 $8,141.48 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 $210.70 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $224.03 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $275.53 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $298.71 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $298.71 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $298.71 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $298.71 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $298.71 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $298.71 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $298.71 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $298.71 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $307.94 ↓ -82%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $313.65 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $326.33 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $328.58 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $343.50 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $360.68 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $360.68 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $377.85 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $377.85 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $461.62 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $461.62 ↓ -73%
Summacare Preferred $609.37 ↓ -64%
Summacare Premier $661.27 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $670.82 ↓ -61%
United HMO & PPO $848.82 ↓ -51%
United All Products - Mid-Level $932.70 ↓ -46%
United All Products $1,005.27 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $1,026.96 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,072.58 ↓ -37%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,084.44 ↓ -37%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,129.03 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,172.41 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,172.41 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,172.41 ↓ -32%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -31%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -31%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -31%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,196.77 ↓ -30%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,241.93 ↓ -28%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,304.16 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,320.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,539.12 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,584.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $1,848.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,848.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,980.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,980.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,112.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,376.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,640.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↑ +54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↑ +60%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +60%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +60%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +60%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↑ +60%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +60%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↑ +65%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↑ +66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↑ +73%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↑ +76%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↑ +183%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↑ +183%
ANTHEM HPN $6,920.23 ↑ +303%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↑ +312%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↑ +374%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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