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Colonoscopy w/fb removal 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

$1,223.95

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.

$1,883.00

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 $3,354.00 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 $144.38 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $154.88 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $188.80 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $206.51 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $206.51 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $206.51 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $206.51 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $206.51 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $206.51 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $206.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $206.51 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $211.01 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $216.84 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $220.88 ↓ -82%
PPHP All Products $227.16 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $232.50 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $244.13 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $244.13 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $255.75 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $255.75 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $315.36 ↓ -74%
Summacare Preferred $421.28 ↓ -66%
Summacare Premier $453.12 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $478.47 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $479.68 ↓ -61%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $532.70 ↓ -56%
Aetna Acop $569.27 ↓ -53%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $569.74 ↓ -53%
Cigna All Products Physician $629.44 ↓ -49%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $706.64 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $732.49 ↓ -40%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $743.83 ↓ -39%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↓ -36%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↓ -36%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↓ -36%
United BH Managed Medicaid $788.46 ↓ -36%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $800.95 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician $800.95 ↓ -35%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $818.21 ↓ -33%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $930.20 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $941.50 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $1,043.77 ↓ -15%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,089.45 ↓ -11%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.45 ↓ -11%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,089.45 ↓ -11%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,089.45 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,097.79 ↓ -10%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.58 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $1,129.80 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↓ -8%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,132.12 ↓ -8%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↓ -8%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↓ -8%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,146.91 ↓ -6%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,166.08 ↓ -5%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,176.60 ↓ -4%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,222.68 ↓ -0%
United All Products $1,236.15 ↑ +1%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,245.33 ↑ +2%
GMS All Products $1,318.10 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,318.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,412.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,412.25 ↑ +15%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,447.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna Asa $1,506.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,694.70 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,883.00 ↑ +54%
MMO NASCO $2,014.21 ↑ +65%
MMO SuperMed $2,014.21 ↑ +65%
ANTHEM HPN $2,850.89 ↑ +133%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,914.06 ↑ +138%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,354.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy w/fb removal at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,525.60 $1.10 – $4,881.60
mercy hospital Canton $1,223.95 $1.10 – $1,694.70
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University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $3,039.00 $1,132.12 – $2,037.81
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