Biopsy external ear 69100 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

$603.85

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.

$929.00

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 $929.00 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $22.35 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $23.53 ↓ -96%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $24.71 ↓ -96%
United Managed Medicaid $24.71 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $25.88 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $25.88 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $27.65 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $28.15 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $36.81 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan All Products $36.86 ↓ -94%
Valor All Products $36.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.86 ↓ -94%
United Medicare Advantage $36.86 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.86 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $36.86 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $36.86 ↓ -94%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $36.86 ↓ -94%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $38.70 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $40.55 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $41.14 ↓ -93%
Oscar All Products $42.43 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $62.43 ↓ -90%
OHCP All Products $64.96 ↓ -89%
Summacare Preferred $75.19 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM HPN $78.22 ↓ -87%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $82.50 ↓ -86%
OMAS All Products $83.50 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $85.44 ↓ -86%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $86.33 ↓ -86%
Summacare Premier $88.35 ↓ -85%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $89.94 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $94.44 ↓ -84%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $94.44 ↓ -84%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $94.44 ↓ -84%
United BH Managed Medicaid $95.34 ↓ -84%
Optum All Products Transplant $97.36 ↓ -84%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $98.93 ↓ -84%
PHPHI All Products $100.20 ↓ -83%
GMS All Products $116.90 ↓ -81%
MMO Traditional $116.90 ↓ -81%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $117.73 ↓ -81%
Aetna All Products First Health $125.25 ↓ -79%
Consociate Health All Products $125.25 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $125.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna Acop $132.97 ↓ -78%
Aetna Asa $133.60 ↓ -78%
Cigna All Products Physician $139.11 ↓ -77%
Multiplan All Products $150.30 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Physician $158.55 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $158.55 ↓ -74%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $167.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.57 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $214.57 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $214.57 ↓ -64%
OPTUM All Products VA $214.57 ↓ -64%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $222.08 ↓ -63%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -63%
Valor HMO & PPO $224.08 ↓ -63%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -63%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -63%
United HMO & PPO $228.99 ↓ -62%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.80 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.73 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $242.00 ↓ -60%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $246.49 ↓ -59%
United All Products - Mid-Level $251.62 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $262.72 ↓ -56%
United All Products $271.20 ↓ -55%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $297.28 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $297.28 ↓ -51%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $319.78 ↓ -47%
Summacare PREMIER $333.51 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $376.25 ↓ -38%
MMO SuperMed $417.54 ↓ -31%
MMO NASCO $417.54 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $418.05 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $451.49 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $464.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $484.01 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $501.66 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $513.74 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $525.81 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $557.40 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $557.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $557.40 ↓ -8%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $576.78 ↓ -4%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $641.01 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $650.30 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $650.30 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $650.30 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $650.30 ↑ +8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $663.85 ↑ +10%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $696.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $696.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $743.20 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $836.10 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $836.10 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $836.10 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $836.10 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $929.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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