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Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min 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

$576.55

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.

$887.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $887.00 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $15.21 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $15.66 ↓ -97%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $17.77 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $18.71 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $19.65 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $19.65 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $19.89 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $20.58 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $20.58 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products $20.88 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $20.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.88 ↓ -96%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $20.88 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $20.88 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.88 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $20.88 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $20.88 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $20.88 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $21.92 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $22.23 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $22.97 ↓ -96%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.26 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.26 ↓ -95%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.26 ↓ -95%
Valor HMO & PPO $30.26 ↓ -95%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.26 ↓ -95%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $31.04 ↓ -95%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.17 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $31.82 ↓ -94%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $32.67 ↓ -94%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $32.68 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $33.04 ↓ -94%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.04 ↓ -94%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $33.04 ↓ -94%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $33.17 ↓ -94%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $33.29 ↓ -94%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.20 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $34.26 ↓ -94%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $34.30 ↓ -94%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $34.30 ↓ -94%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $34.30 ↓ -94%
United BH Managed Medicaid $34.63 ↓ -94%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.68 ↓ -94%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $35.94 ↓ -94%
Cigna All Products Physician $39.19 ↓ -93%
MMO SuperMed $41.22 ↓ -93%
MMO NASCO $41.22 ↓ -93%
Summacare Preferred $42.60 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM HPN $44.58 ↓ -92%
Summacare Premier $47.74 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $48.04 ↓ -92%
AETNA Acop $48.59 ↓ -92%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $56.71 ↓ -90%
AETNA International $60.00 ↓ -90%
Oscar All Products $60.48 ↓ -90%
United All Products - Mid-Level $66.61 ↓ -88%
United HMO & PPO $67.84 ↓ -88%
United All Products $70.40 ↓ -88%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $77.89 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $80.83 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician $80.83 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $87.00 ↓ -85%
OHCP All Products $92.58 ↓ -84%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $117.57 ↓ -80%
OMAS All Products $119.00 ↓ -79%
Optum All Products Transplant $138.75 ↓ -76%
PHPHI All Products $142.80 ↓ -75%
GMS All Products $166.60 ↓ -71%
MMO Traditional $166.60 ↓ -71%
Aetna All Products First Health $178.50 ↓ -69%
Consociate Health All Products $178.50 ↓ -69%
Aetna Asa $190.40 ↓ -67%
Multiplan All Products $214.20 ↓ -63%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $238.00 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $250.84 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $283.84 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $283.84 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $318.43 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $359.24 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $399.15 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $431.08 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $443.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $462.13 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $478.98 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $490.51 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $502.04 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $532.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $532.20 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $612.03 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $620.90 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $620.90 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $665.25 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $665.25 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $709.60 ↑ +23%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $798.30 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $798.30 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $798.30 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $798.30 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $887.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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