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Bx nasopharynx/unknown pri lesion 42806 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

$423.80

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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$652.00

Gross charge

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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 $9,292.73 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 $86.00 ↓ -80%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $87.94 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $92.51 ↓ -78%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $92.57 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $97.20 ↓ -77%
United Managed Medicaid $97.20 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $101.83 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $101.83 ↓ -76%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $112.46 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $123.34 ↓ -71%
Valor All Products $123.34 ↓ -71%
United Medicare Advantage $123.34 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $123.34 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $123.34 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan All Products $123.34 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $123.34 ↓ -71%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $123.34 ↓ -71%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $125.69 ↓ -70%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $129.51 ↓ -69%
PPHP All Products $135.67 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $165.67 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $186.90 ↓ -56%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $232.91 ↓ -45%
Summacare Preferred $251.61 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $253.63 ↓ -40%
Summacare Premier $269.91 ↓ -36%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $293.87 ↓ -31%
Aetna Acop $300.30 ↓ -29%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $314.30 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $322.09 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $326.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna All Products Physician $347.23 ↓ -18%
Optum All Products Transplant $380.12 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $391.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $456.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $456.40 ↑ +8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $474.67 ↑ +12%
Anthem All Products Physician $474.67 ↑ +12%
Aetna All Products First Health $489.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $489.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $521.60 ↑ +23%
United HMO & PPO $578.52 ↑ +37%
Multiplan All Products $586.80 ↑ +38%
United All Products - Mid-Level $635.69 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $652.00 ↑ +54%
United All Products $685.15 ↑ +62%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $745.85 ↑ +76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $785.10 ↑ +85%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $798.25 ↑ +88%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $824.36 ↑ +95%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $824.36 ↑ +95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $824.36 ↑ +95%
United BH Managed Medicaid $832.21 ↑ +96%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $863.61 ↑ +104%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,996.53 ↑ +607%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,996.53 ↑ +607%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,996.53 ↑ +607%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,996.53 ↑ +607%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,101.41 ↑ +632%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +640%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +640%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +640%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +640%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,136.68 ↑ +640%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,230.78 ↑ +662%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,236.25 ↑ +664%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,387.61 ↑ +699%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,450.35 ↑ +714%
MMO SuperMed $5,497.86 ↑ +1197%
MMO NASCO $5,497.86 ↑ +1197%
ANTHEM HPN $7,898.79 ↑ +1764%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,073.81 ↑ +1805%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,292.73 ↑ +2093%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Bx nasopharynx/unknown pri lesion 42806 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $423.80 $1.10 – $3,136.68
mercy hospital Canton $423.80 $1.10 – $3,230.78
avon hospital Avon not published $799.91 – $3,450.35
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $819.53 – $3,450.35
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $732.97 – $3,450.35
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $802.12 – $3,450.35

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