Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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

$11,024.00

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.

$16,960.00

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 $16,960.00 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 $84.33 ↓ -99%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $88.77 ↓ -99%
United Managed Medicaid $93.21 ↓ -99%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $93.21 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $97.65 ↓ -99%
Molina Managed Medicaid $97.65 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $106.03 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $117.55 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $138.65 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $154.96 ↓ -99%
Valor All Products $156.73 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan All Products $156.73 ↓ -99%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $156.73 ↓ -99%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $156.73 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $156.73 ↓ -99%
United Medicare Advantage $156.73 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $156.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $156.73 ↓ -99%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $164.57 ↓ -99%
PPHP All Products $172.40 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $231.75 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM HPN $301.73 ↓ -97%
Summacare Preferred $319.73 ↓ -97%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $328.62 ↓ -97%
Summacare Premier $332.76 ↓ -97%
Oscar All Products $396.90 ↓ -96%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $451.77 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $483.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna Acop $487.10 ↓ -96%
Cigna All Products Physician $533.82 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $588.62 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician $588.62 ↓ -95%
OHCP All Products $607.62 ↓ -94%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $771.63 ↓ -93%
OMAS All Products $781.00 ↓ -93%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $884.47 ↓ -92%
United HMO & PPO $889.16 ↓ -92%
Optum All Products Transplant $910.65 ↓ -92%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $931.02 ↓ -92%
PHPHI All Products $937.20 ↓ -91%
United All Products - Mid-Level $977.03 ↓ -91%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $977.57 ↓ -91%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $977.57 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $977.57 ↓ -91%
United BH Managed Medicaid $986.88 ↓ -91%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,024.12 ↓ -91%
United All Products $1,053.04 ↓ -90%
MMO Traditional $1,093.40 ↓ -90%
GMS All Products $1,093.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,171.50 ↓ -89%
Consociate Health All Products $1,171.50 ↓ -89%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,227.18 ↓ -89%
Aetna Asa $1,249.60 ↓ -89%
Multiplan All Products $1,405.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,562.00 ↓ -86%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,406.67 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $3,406.67 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,406.67 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,406.67 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,525.90 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,527.30 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,633.12 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,679.20 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,809.49 ↓ -65%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,880.03 ↓ -65%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↓ -64%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $4,796.29 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $5,427.20 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $5,427.20 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $6,088.64 ↓ -45%
MMO SuperMed $6,393.86 ↓ -42%
MMO NASCO $6,393.86 ↓ -42%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,868.80 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $7,632.00 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $8,242.56 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $8,480.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $8,836.16 ↓ -20%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $9,079.28 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $9,158.40 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $9,378.88 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $9,599.36 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $10,176.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $10,176.00 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $10,449.99 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $11,702.40 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $11,872.00 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $11,872.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $12,720.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $12,720.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $13,568.00 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $15,264.00 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15,264.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $15,264.00 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $15,264.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $16,960.00 ↑ +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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