Blood split unit 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

$635.70

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.

$978.00

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.

$131.02 with UNITED vs $978.00 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.02 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $131.02 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $131.02 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $131.02 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.61 ↓ -79%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $141.50 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.31 ↓ -77%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.31 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.31 ↓ -77%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.31 ↓ -77%
Valor HMO & PPO $144.31 ↓ -77%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $148.64 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $155.86 ↓ -75%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $158.74 ↓ -75%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $158.74 ↓ -75%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $165.96 ↓ -74%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $174.69 ↓ -73%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $174.69 ↓ -73%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -71%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -71%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -71%
United BH Managed Medicaid $185.17 ↓ -71%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $192.16 ↓ -70%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $276.58 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $312.96 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $312.96 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $322.74 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $351.10 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM HPN $363.40 ↓ -43%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $371.46 ↓ -42%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $396.09 ↓ -38%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $427.54 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $440.10 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $475.31 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $483.13 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $489.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $509.54 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $528.12 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $540.83 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $553.55 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $586.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $586.80 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $586.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $674.82 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $684.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $684.60 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $684.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $684.60 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $733.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $733.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $763.82 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $782.40 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $880.20 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $880.20 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $880.20 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $880.20 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $978.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 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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Blood split unit at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $635.70 $1.10 – $880.20
avon hospital Avon $635.70 $131.45 – $880.20
euclid hospital Euclid $635.70 $131.45 – $880.20
fairview hospital Cleveland $635.70 $131.45 – $880.20
lutheran hospital Cleveland $635.70 $131.45 – $880.20
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $635.70 $131.45 – $880.20
lodi hospital Lodi $635.70 $141.80 – $880.20
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $635.70 $131.45 – $880.20

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