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Capsular contracture release 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

$2,433.60

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.

$3,744.00

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 $9,170.92 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 $428.81 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $451.43 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $472.32 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $475.19 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $498.95 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $498.95 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $522.71 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $522.71 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $560.75 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $626.72 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $629.76 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $629.76 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $629.76 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $629.76 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $629.76 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $629.76 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $629.76 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $629.76 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $661.25 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $692.74 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $926.63 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $926.63 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $951.35 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,174.99 ↓ -52%
Summacare Preferred $1,284.71 ↓ -47%
Summacare Premier $1,345.81 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $1,456.42 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,714.08 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,849.54 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,872.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,883.48 ↓ -23%
United All Products $2,030.01 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,182.75 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,246.40 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,353.43 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,353.43 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,353.43 ↓ -3%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,599.83 ↑ +7%
GMS All Products $2,620.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,620.80 ↑ +8%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,736.66 ↑ +12%
Consociate Health All Products $2,808.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,808.00 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +18%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +18%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,873.49 ↑ +18%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,900.86 ↑ +19%
Aetna Asa $2,995.20 ↑ +23%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,997.95 ↑ +23%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,997.95 ↑ +23%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,997.95 ↑ +23%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.95 ↑ +23%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,010.33 ↑ +24%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +27%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,095.56 ↑ +27%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +27%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +27%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +27%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,102.88 ↑ +28%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +31%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,237.79 ↑ +33%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +37%
Multiplan All Products $3,369.60 ↑ +38%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,405.12 ↑ +40%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,744.00 ↑ +54%
MMO SuperMed $5,526.53 ↑ +127%
MMO NASCO $5,526.53 ↑ +127%
ANTHEM HPN $7,795.25 ↑ +220%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,967.98 ↑ +227%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,170.92 ↑ +277%
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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Capsular contracture release at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,433.60 $1.10 – $3,792.43
mercy hospital Canton $2,433.60 $1.10 – $3,369.60
avon hospital Avon not published $2,788.26 – $3,405.12
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $4,552.23 – $5,271.00
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,808.13 – $3,405.12
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,683.68 – $3,405.12
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,554.95 – $3,405.12
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,795.97 – $3,405.12

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