Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) 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

$1,995.50

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.

$3,070.00

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 $3,070.00 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 $49.10 ↓ -98%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $49.25 ↓ -98%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $51.84 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $52.70 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $54.43 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $54.43 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $57.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $57.02 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $64.21 ↓ -97%
United Medicare Advantage $70.27 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $70.27 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products $70.27 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $70.27 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $70.27 ↓ -96%
Valor All Products $70.27 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $70.27 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $70.27 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $71.76 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $73.78 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $77.30 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $106.75 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM HPN $136.91 ↓ -93%
Summacare Preferred $143.35 ↓ -93%
Summacare Premier $154.10 ↓ -92%
Oscar All Products $171.01 ↓ -91%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $224.30 ↓ -89%
Aetna Acop $256.54 ↓ -87%
OHCP All Products $261.80 ↓ -87%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $271.13 ↓ -86%
Anthem All Products Physician $271.13 ↓ -86%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $290.47 ↓ -85%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $310.67 ↓ -84%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $332.46 ↓ -83%
OMAS All Products $336.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna All Products Physician $343.23 ↓ -83%
Optum All Products Transplant $392.36 ↓ -80%
PHPHI All Products $403.80 ↓ -80%
MMO Traditional $471.10 ↓ -76%
GMS All Products $471.10 ↓ -76%
Consociate Health All Products $504.75 ↓ -75%
Aetna All Products First Health $504.75 ↓ -75%
Aetna Asa $538.40 ↓ -73%
United HMO & PPO $569.52 ↓ -71%
Multiplan All Products $605.70 ↓ -70%
OPTUM All Products VA $616.73 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $616.73 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $616.73 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $616.73 ↓ -69%
United All Products - Mid-Level $625.80 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $638.31 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $659.70 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $659.70 ↓ -67%
Valor HMO & PPO $659.70 ↓ -67%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $659.70 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $659.70 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $666.07 ↓ -67%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $673.00 ↓ -66%
United All Products $674.49 ↓ -66%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $679.49 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $712.47 ↓ -64%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $725.67 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $789.02 ↓ -60%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $846.52 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $868.20 ↓ -56%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $891.07 ↓ -55%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $935.62 ↓ -53%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $935.62 ↓ -53%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $935.62 ↓ -53%
United BH Managed Medicaid $944.53 ↓ -53%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $980.18 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $982.40 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $982.40 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $1,102.13 ↓ -45%
MMO SuperMed $1,166.59 ↓ -42%
MMO NASCO $1,166.59 ↓ -42%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,243.35 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,381.50 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,492.02 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,535.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,599.47 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,657.80 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,697.71 ↓ -15%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,698.06 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,737.62 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,842.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $1,842.00 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,954.42 ↓ -2%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $2,118.30 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $2,149.00 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $2,149.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $2,302.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,302.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +23%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $2,456.00 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,763.00 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,763.00 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,763.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,763.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +43%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +51%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $3,070.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Clermont Hospital Batavia $9,339.30 $679.53 – $679.53
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $8,276.94 $691.33 – $705.15
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fairview hospital Cleveland $1,995.50 $0.01 – $2,763.00
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,995.50 $0.01 – $2,763.00

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