Brach/thor cath 2nd 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

$4,964.70

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.

$7,638.00

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 $7,638.00 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 $166.24 ↓ -97%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $168.17 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $177.02 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $181.52 ↓ -96%
United Managed Medicaid $185.87 ↓ -96%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $185.87 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $194.72 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $194.72 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $217.40 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $242.03 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $242.03 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products $242.03 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $242.03 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $242.03 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $242.03 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $242.03 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $242.03 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $242.97 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $254.13 ↓ -95%
PPHP All Products $266.23 ↓ -95%
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 All Products Mid-Level Facility $360.55 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM HPN $451.74 ↓ -91%
Summacare Preferred $493.74 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $499.46 ↓ -90%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $506.85 ↓ -90%
Summacare Premier $521.75 ↓ -89%
Oscar All Products $535.64 ↓ -89%
OHCP All Products $820.01 ↓ -83%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $915.73 ↓ -82%
Anthem All Products Physician $915.73 ↓ -82%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,041.35 ↓ -79%
OMAS All Products $1,054.00 ↓ -79%
MMO NASCO $1,138.32 ↓ -77%
MMO SuperMed $1,138.32 ↓ -77%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,228.96 ↓ -75%
PHPHI All Products $1,264.80 ↓ -75%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $1,283.35 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,372.55 ↓ -72%
GMS All Products $1,475.60 ↓ -70%
MMO Traditional $1,475.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna Acop $1,492.16 ↓ -70%
Cigna All Products Physician $1,516.41 ↓ -69%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,581.00 ↓ -68%
Consociate Health All Products $1,581.00 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,665.08 ↓ -66%
Aetna Asa $1,686.40 ↓ -66%
Multiplan All Products $1,897.20 ↓ -62%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,108.00 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,160.03 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,444.16 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,444.16 ↓ -51%
United HMO & PPO $2,483.85 ↓ -50%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,729.32 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $2,742.04 ↓ -45%
United All Products $2,941.66 ↓ -41%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,093.39 ↓ -38%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -34%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $3,437.10 ↓ -31%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,486.01 ↓ -30%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $3,712.07 ↓ -25%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,819.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $3,979.40 ↓ -20%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↓ -19%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $4,124.52 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $4,223.81 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $4,323.11 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $4,582.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $4,582.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $5,270.22 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $5,346.60 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $5,346.60 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $5,728.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $5,728.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $6,110.40 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $6,874.20 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $6,874.20 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $6,874.20 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,874.20 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $7,638.00 ↑ +54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 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 ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Brach/thor cath 2nd at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $2,286.00 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $2,286.00 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $2,286.00 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $2,286.00 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $851.40 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $361.54 $437.40 – $626.94
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,964.70 $0.01 – $6,874.20
avon hospital Avon $4,964.70 $0.01 – $6,874.20

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