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Craniect/craniot w/wo duraplasty w/lobectomy 61323 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

$9,115.60

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.

$14,024.00

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 $14,024.00 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,260.05 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,326.37 ↓ -85%
United Managed Medicaid $1,392.69 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,392.69 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,459.01 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,459.01 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,488.08 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,691.21 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,945.96 ↓ -79%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,142.24 ↓ -76%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $2,174.89 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $2,254.94 ↓ -75%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,254.99 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $2,367.69 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,367.74 ↓ -74%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,367.74 ↓ -74%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,367.74 ↓ -74%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,390.29 ↓ -74%
PPHP All Products $2,472.51 ↓ -73%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,480.49 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $3,271.62 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $3,271.62 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $3,563.50 ↓ -61%
MMO SuperMed $4,173.57 ↓ -54%
MMO NASCO $4,173.57 ↓ -54%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $4,227.88 ↓ -54%
Summacare Preferred $4,600.08 ↓ -50%
Summacare Premier $4,670.29 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $5,455.34 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $6,037.33 ↓ -34%
United All Products - Mid-Level $6,633.96 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $6,927.86 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $7,012.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $7,150.09 ↓ -22%
Optum All Products Transplant $8,175.99 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $8,309.23 ↓ -9%
Anthem All Products Physician $8,309.23 ↓ -9%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $8,309.23 ↓ -9%
PHPHI All Products $8,414.40 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $9,816.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $9,816.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $10,518.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $10,518.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $11,219.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $12,621.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $14,024.00 ↑ +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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Craniect/craniot w/wo duraplasty w/lobectomy 61323 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $9,115.60 $1.10 – $12,621.60
mercy hospital Canton $9,115.60 $1.10 – $12,621.60
avon hospital Avon not published $2,297.52 – $2,341.28
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,751.02 – $4,343.28
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,353.86 – $2,725.53
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,211.33 – $2,560.49
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,105.27 – $2,437.68
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,303.86 – $2,667.63

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