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Bone marrow harvest autolog 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

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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.

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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.

$1,254.90 with OPTUM vs $12,207.81 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,254.90
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,320.95
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,320.95
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,387.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,387.00
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,387.00
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,400.21
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,453.05
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,120.64
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,120.64
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,120.64
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,120.64
Valor HMO & PPO $4,120.64
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,244.26
OPTUM All Products VA $4,329.00
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $4,329.00
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $4,329.00
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,329.00
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $4,450.29
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,480.52
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $4,532.70
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $4,532.70
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,675.32
ANTHEM HPN $10,376.60
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $10,606.53
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $12,207.81

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Bone marrow harvest autolog at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $12,181.65 $1.10 – $16,866.90
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $6,989.25 $4,120.64 – $7,417.15
avon hospital Avon not published $1,345.87 – $4,532.70
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $2,197.31 – $2,544.26
euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,378.88 – $4,532.70
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,295.38 – $4,532.70
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,233.24 – $4,532.70
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $1,349.59 – $4,532.70

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