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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial 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

$4,212.65

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.

$6,481.00

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 $6,481.00 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 $41.10 ↓ -99%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $43.26 ↓ -99%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $45.42 ↓ -99%
United Managed Medicaid $45.42 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $47.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Managed Medicaid $47.59 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $52.23 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $55.29 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $68.30 ↓ -98%
Valor All Products $73.72 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $73.72 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan All Products $73.72 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $73.72 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $73.72 ↓ -98%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $73.72 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $73.72 ↓ -98%
United Medicare Advantage $73.72 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $76.33 ↓ -98%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $77.41 ↓ -98%
PPHP All Products $81.09 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $114.42 ↓ -97%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $125.52 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM HPN $145.98 ↓ -97%
Summacare Preferred $150.39 ↓ -96%
Oscar All Products $161.61 ↓ -96%
Summacare Premier $163.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna Acop $169.97 ↓ -96%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $215.49 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $230.47 ↓ -95%
OHCP All Products $247.40 ↓ -94%
Cigna All Products Physician $254.62 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $290.62 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Physician $290.62 ↓ -93%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $314.18 ↓ -93%
OMAS All Products $318.00 ↓ -92%
Optum All Products Transplant $370.79 ↓ -91%
PHPHI All Products $381.60 ↓ -91%
United HMO & PPO $416.54 ↓ -90%
MMO Traditional $445.20 ↓ -89%
GMS All Products $445.20 ↓ -89%
United All Products - Mid-Level $457.71 ↓ -89%
Consociate Health All Products $477.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna All Products First Health $477.00 ↓ -89%
United All Products $493.32 ↓ -88%
Aetna Asa $508.80 ↓ -88%
Multiplan All Products $572.40 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $585.34 ↓ -86%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $636.00 ↓ -85%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $841.82 ↓ -80%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $886.13 ↓ -79%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $930.44 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $930.44 ↓ -78%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $930.44 ↓ -78%
United BH Managed Medicaid $939.30 ↓ -78%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $974.74 ↓ -77%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,497.07 ↓ -64%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,497.07 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,497.07 ↓ -64%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,497.07 ↓ -64%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,549.47 ↓ -63%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,562.54 ↓ -63%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,609.41 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,616.83 ↓ -62%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,687.54 ↓ -60%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,718.79 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,832.83 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,073.92 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,073.92 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $2,326.68 ↓ -45%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↓ -42%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,624.81 ↓ -38%
MMO SuperMed $2,768.64 ↓ -34%
MMO NASCO $2,768.64 ↓ -34%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,916.45 ↓ -31%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↓ -29%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $3,149.77 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,240.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $3,376.60 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $3,499.74 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $3,583.99 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $3,668.25 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $3,888.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $3,888.60 ↓ -8%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,021.97 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $4,471.89 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $4,536.70 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $4,536.70 ↑ +8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $4,629.18 ↑ +10%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $4,860.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $4,860.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $5,184.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $5,832.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $6,481.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
avon hospital Avon $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
euclid hospital Euclid $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
fairview hospital Cleveland $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
lutheran hospital Cleveland $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90
medina hospital Medina $4,212.65 $0.01 – $5,832.90

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