C-laminoplasty w/graft/plate 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

$7,295.60

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.

$11,224.00

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 $11,224.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,051.52 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,156.29 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,174.06 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,235.85 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $1,297.64 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,297.64 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,359.44 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,359.44 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,375.07 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,536.84 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
Valor All Products $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan All Products $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,541.72 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,618.81 ↓ -78%
PPHP All Products $1,695.89 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,292.51 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,292.51 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $2,852.02 ↓ -61%
MMO SuperMed $2,922.75 ↓ -60%
MMO NASCO $2,922.75 ↓ -60%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $3,011.10 ↓ -59%
Summacare Preferred $3,145.11 ↓ -57%
Summacare Premier $3,300.17 ↓ -55%
United HMO & PPO $4,227.65 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $4,366.14 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,645.44 ↓ -36%
United All Products $5,006.86 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $5,544.66 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $5,612.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,822.51 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,822.51 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,822.51 ↓ -20%
Optum All Products Transplant $6,543.59 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $6,734.40 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $7,403.35 ↑ +1%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $7,793.00 ↑ +7%
GMS All Products $7,856.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $7,856.80 ↑ +8%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $8,182.65 ↑ +12%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $8,182.65 ↑ +12%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $8,182.65 ↑ +12%
United BH Managed Medicaid $8,260.58 ↑ +13%
Consociate Health All Products $8,418.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $8,418.00 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $8,572.30 ↑ +17%
Aetna Asa $8,979.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $10,101.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $11,224.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $7,295.60 $1.10 – $10,799.44
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