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Cesarean section delivery only 59514 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

$4,613.05

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.

$7,097.00

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 $7,097.00 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 $563.55 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $614.13 ↓ -87%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $727.79 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $736.95 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $766.09 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $804.39 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $804.39 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $818.84 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $818.84 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $818.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $818.84 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $818.84 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $818.84 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $818.84 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $818.84 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $823.65 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $842.70 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $842.70 ↓ -82%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $859.78 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $900.72 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,238.59 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,238.59 ↓ -73%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,267.71 ↓ -73%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,334.43 ↓ -71%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,401.15 ↓ -70%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,401.15 ↓ -70%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,401.15 ↓ -70%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,414.50 ↓ -69%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,467.87 ↓ -68%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,502.74 ↓ -67%
MMO NASCO $1,573.38 ↓ -66%
MMO SuperMed $1,573.38 ↓ -66%
United HMO & PPO $1,607.31 ↓ -65%
Summacare Preferred $1,670.43 ↓ -64%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,735.89 ↓ -62%
Summacare Premier $1,768.68 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $1,803.35 ↓ -61%
United All Products $1,857.34 ↓ -60%
OHCP All Products $2,760.73 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,145.77 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,145.77 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,145.77 ↓ -32%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,505.92 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,548.50 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,137.55 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,258.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $4,967.90 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,967.90 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $5,322.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,322.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,677.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,387.30 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $7,097.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Cesarean section delivery only 59514 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,613.05 $1.10 – $6,387.30
avon hospital Avon $5,197.40 $1,359.59 – $7,196.40
euclid hospital Euclid $5,197.40 $1,392.94 – $7,196.40
fairview hospital Cleveland $5,197.40 $1,308.60 – $7,196.40
lutheran hospital Cleveland $5,197.40 $1,245.83 – $7,196.40
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $5,197.40 $1,363.35 – $7,196.40
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $5,197.40 $1,230.11 – $7,196.40
medina hospital Medina $5,197.40 $1,173.70 – $7,196.40

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