Burr hole implant ventricular cath/other device 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

$2,964.65

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.

$4,561.00

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 $4,629.01 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $229.05 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $249.14 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $299.52 ↓ -90%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $306.52 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $322.65 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $332.18 ↓ -89%
Valor All Products $332.18 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $332.18 ↓ -89%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $332.18 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan All Products $332.18 ↓ -89%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $332.18 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $332.18 ↓ -89%
United Medicare Advantage $332.18 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $334.76 ↓ -89%
United Managed Medicaid $338.78 ↓ -89%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $338.78 ↓ -89%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $348.79 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $354.92 ↓ -88%
Molina Managed Medicaid $354.92 ↓ -88%
PPHP All Products $365.40 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $502.07 ↓ -83%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $502.07 ↓ -83%
Oscar All Products $592.56 ↓ -80%
MMO NASCO $637.95 ↓ -78%
MMO SuperMed $637.95 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM HPN $638.31 ↓ -78%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $665.86 ↓ -78%
Summacare Preferred $677.65 ↓ -77%
Summacare Premier $718.86 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $730.22 ↓ -75%
OHCP All Products $907.15 ↓ -69%
United HMO & PPO $921.83 ↓ -69%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $994.30 ↓ -66%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,012.92 ↓ -66%
United All Products $1,091.73 ↓ -63%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,152.01 ↓ -61%
OMAS All Products $1,166.00 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,275.17 ↓ -57%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,275.17 ↓ -57%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,275.17 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,289.85 ↓ -56%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,359.56 ↓ -54%
PHPHI All Products $1,399.20 ↓ -53%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,459.52 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,459.52 ↓ -51%
GMS All Products $1,632.40 ↓ -45%
MMO Traditional $1,632.40 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $1,637.40 ↓ -45%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,749.00 ↓ -41%
Consociate Health All Products $1,749.00 ↓ -41%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,847.21 ↓ -38%
Aetna Asa $1,865.60 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,052.45 ↓ -31%
Multiplan All Products $2,098.80 ↓ -29%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,216.65 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,280.50 ↓ -23%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,332.00 ↓ -21%
MMO TRADITIONAL $2,376.28 ↓ -20%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,453.00 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $2,462.94 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,522.23 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $2,581.53 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $2,736.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $2,736.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,736.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $3,147.09 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $3,192.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,192.70 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $3,192.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $3,192.70 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,420.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,420.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,648.80 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,997.78 ↑ +35%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $4,104.90 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $4,104.90 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,104.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $4,104.90 ↑ +38%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,208.19 ↑ +42%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,418.60 ↑ +49%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,418.60 ↑ +49%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,418.60 ↑ +49%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,460.68 ↑ +50%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $4,561.00 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,629.01 ↑ +56%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop 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 —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level 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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