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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise 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

$1,281.80

Cash price

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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.

$1,972.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $10,449.99 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $149.13 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $161.69 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $195.02 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $215.58 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $215.58 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $215.58 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $215.58 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $215.58 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $215.58 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $215.58 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $215.58 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $217.96 ↓ -83%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $218.96 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $226.36 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $230.48 ↓ -82%
PPHP All Products $237.14 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $242.00 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $242.00 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $253.53 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $253.53 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $328.37 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $328.37 ↓ -74%
Summacare Preferred $439.78 ↓ -66%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $455.34 ↓ -64%
Summacare Premier $468.04 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $501.09 ↓ -61%
United HMO & PPO $602.28 ↓ -53%
United All Products - Mid-Level $661.80 ↓ -48%
United All Products $713.29 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $767.11 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $833.98 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician $833.98 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $833.98 ↓ -35%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $974.17 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $986.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,149.68 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,183.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $1,380.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,380.40 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,479.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,479.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,577.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,774.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,972.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,079.57 ↑ +62%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,189.02 ↑ +71%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,298.47 ↑ +79%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,298.47 ↑ +79%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,298.47 ↑ +79%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,320.36 ↑ +81%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,407.92 ↑ +88%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,406.67 ↑ +166%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $3,406.67 ↑ +166%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,406.67 ↑ +166%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,406.67 ↑ +166%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,525.90 ↑ +175%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↑ +175%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,527.30 ↑ +175%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↑ +175%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↑ +175%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,527.30 ↑ +175%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,633.12 ↑ +183%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,679.20 ↑ +187%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,809.49 ↑ +197%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,880.03 ↑ +203%
MMO NASCO $6,393.86 ↑ +399%
MMO SuperMed $6,393.86 ↑ +399%
ANTHEM HPN $8,882.45 ↑ +593%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $9,079.28 ↑ +608%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $10,449.99 ↑ +715%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $11,024.00 $0.01 – $15,264.00
mercy hospital Canton $1,281.80 $1.10 – $3,633.12
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $3,691.50 $900.00 – $6,349.15
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $3,691.50 $900.00 – $8,933.66
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $3,549.75 not published
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $3,691.50 $3,527.30 – $6,349.15
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $3,691.50 $3,527.30 – $6,349.15
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva $3,549.75 not published

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