Crtj pericardial window/prtl resecj w/drg/bx 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

$5,785.00

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.

$8,900.00

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 $8,900.00 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 $471.96 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $545.15 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $617.18 ↓ -89%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $645.22 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $679.18 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $689.79 ↓ -88%
United Managed Medicaid $713.14 ↓ -88%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $713.14 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $726.87 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $726.87 ↓ -87%
United Medicare Advantage $726.87 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $726.87 ↓ -87%
Valor All Products $726.87 ↓ -87%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $726.87 ↓ -87%
The Health Plan All Products $726.87 ↓ -87%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $726.87 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $747.10 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $747.10 ↓ -87%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $763.21 ↓ -87%
PPHP All Products $784.18 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,028.62 ↓ -82%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,028.62 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM HPN $1,256.32 ↓ -78%
MMO NASCO $1,311.74 ↓ -77%
MMO SuperMed $1,311.74 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,458.26 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,461.66 ↓ -75%
Oscar All Products $1,475.81 ↓ -74%
Summacare Premier $1,481.22 ↓ -74%
Summacare Preferred $1,482.81 ↓ -74%
United HMO & PPO $1,896.41 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,940.20 ↓ -66%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,083.82 ↓ -64%
United All Products $2,245.94 ↓ -61%
OHCP All Products $2,259.31 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,417.07 ↓ -58%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,453.00 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,516.92 ↓ -56%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,544.28 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,612.47 ↓ -55%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,612.47 ↓ -55%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,612.47 ↓ -55%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,671.49 ↓ -54%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,671.49 ↓ -54%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,671.49 ↓ -54%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,696.94 ↓ -53%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,798.71 ↓ -52%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,848.00 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,848.00 ↓ -51%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,869.15 ↓ -50%
OMAS All Products $2,904.00 ↓ -50%
Summacare PREMIER $3,195.10 ↓ -45%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,386.06 ↓ -41%
PHPHI All Products $3,484.80 ↓ -40%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,604.50 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $4,005.00 ↓ -31%
GMS All Products $4,065.60 ↓ -30%
MMO Traditional $4,065.60 ↓ -30%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $4,325.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,356.00 ↓ -25%
Consociate Health All Products $4,356.00 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $4,450.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $4,636.90 ↓ -20%
Aetna Asa $4,646.40 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $4,806.00 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $4,921.70 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $5,037.40 ↓ -13%
Multiplan All Products $5,227.20 ↓ -10%
The Health Plan HMO $5,340.00 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $5,340.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $5,340.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $5,808.00 ↑ +0%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $6,141.00 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $6,230.00 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $6,230.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $6,230.00 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $6,230.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $6,675.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $6,675.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $7,120.00 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $8,010.00 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8,010.00 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $8,010.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $8,010.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $8,900.00 ↑ +54%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Crtj pericardial window/prtl resecj w/drg/bx at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,785.00 $1.10 – $8,010.00
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lutheran hospital Cleveland $5,785.00 $1,468.56 – $8,010.00
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marymount hospital Garfield Heights $5,785.00 $1,468.56 – $8,010.00
medina hospital Medina $5,785.00 $996.53 – $8,010.00

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