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Dbrdmt prmlg les w/pdt 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

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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.

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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.

$133.98 with OPTUM vs $562.35 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $133.98
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $141.03
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $141.03
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $148.08
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $148.08
UNITED Managed Medicaid $148.08
United BH Managed Medicaid $149.49
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $155.13
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $183.59
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $183.59
OPTUM All Products VA $183.59
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.59
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.82
Valor HMO & PPO $189.82
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $190.02
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $195.51
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $198.28
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $205.00
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $208.80
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $208.80
ANTHEM HPN $477.99
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $488.59
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $562.35

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Dbrdmt prmlg les w/pdt at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $387.40 $0.01 – $536.40
avon hospital Avon not published $143.69 – $208.80
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $234.59 – $271.63
euclid hospital Euclid not published $147.21 – $208.80
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $138.30 – $208.80
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $131.66 – $208.80
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $144.09 – $208.80
lodi hospital Lodi not published $198.70 – $260.28

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