Brach/thor cath 1st 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

$4,878.25

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.

$7,505.00

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 $7,505.00 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $129.71 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $139.81 ↓ -97%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $157.75 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $166.05 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $169.62 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $174.35 ↓ -96%
United Managed Medicaid $174.35 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $182.66 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $182.66 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $186.41 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $186.41 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $186.41 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $186.41 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products $186.41 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $186.41 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $186.41 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $186.41 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $189.57 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $195.73 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $205.05 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $281.61 ↓ -94%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $283.94 ↓ -94%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $298.88 ↓ -94%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $313.82 ↓ -94%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $313.82 ↓ -94%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $313.82 ↓ -94%
United BH Managed Medicaid $316.81 ↓ -94%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $328.77 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM HPN $359.13 ↓ -93%
Summacare Preferred $380.28 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $394.93 ↓ -92%
Summacare Premier $407.08 ↓ -92%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $448.01 ↓ -91%
Oscar All Products $466.27 ↓ -90%
OHCP All Products $713.82 ↓ -85%
Anthem All Products Physician $715.26 ↓ -85%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $715.26 ↓ -85%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $906.49 ↓ -81%
OMAS All Products $917.50 ↓ -81%
MMO NASCO $990.90 ↓ -80%
MMO SuperMed $990.90 ↓ -80%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,069.81 ↓ -78%
PHPHI All Products $1,101.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $1,242.17 ↓ -75%
GMS All Products $1,284.50 ↓ -74%
MMO Traditional $1,284.50 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,328.52 ↓ -73%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,376.25 ↓ -72%
Consociate Health All Products $1,376.25 ↓ -72%
Aetna Acop $1,380.33 ↓ -72%
Cigna All Products Physician $1,467.76 ↓ -70%
Aetna Asa $1,468.00 ↓ -70%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,636.09 ↓ -66%
Multiplan All Products $1,651.50 ↓ -66%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,835.00 ↓ -62%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,122.41 ↓ -56%
United HMO & PPO $2,397.79 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,401.60 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,401.60 ↓ -51%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,634.75 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $2,694.30 ↓ -45%
United All Products $2,839.74 ↓ -42%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,039.53 ↓ -38%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -33%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,374.16 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $3,377.25 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $3,647.43 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,752.50 ↓ -23%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $3,910.11 ↓ -20%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $4,052.70 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $4,150.27 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $4,247.83 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $4,503.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $4,503.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $5,178.45 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $5,253.50 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $5,253.50 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $5,628.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $5,628.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $6,004.00 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,754.50 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $6,754.50 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $6,754.50 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $6,754.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $7,505.00 ↑ +54%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —

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