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Decompression of leg at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$2,054.00
Cash price 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.
$3,160.00
Gross charge 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 $20,338.07 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $300.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $316.48 | ↓ -85% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $332.30 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $332.30 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $348.13 | ↓ -83% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $348.13 | ↓ -83% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $381.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $425.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $498.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $557.29 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Valor | All Products | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $566.80 | ↓ -72% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $595.14 | ↓ -71% |
| PPHP | All Products | $623.48 | ↓ -70% |
| Oscar | All Products | $802.96 | ↓ -61% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $823.03 | ↓ -60% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $823.03 | ↓ -60% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $1,009.74 | ↓ -51% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $1,156.27 | ↓ -44% |
| Summacare | Premier | $1,196.70 | ↓ -42% |
| OHCP | All Products | $1,229.24 | ↓ -40% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $1,526.48 | ↓ -26% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $1,561.04 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $1,580.00 | ↓ -23% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $1,677.33 | ↓ -18% |
| United | All Products | $1,807.83 | ↓ -12% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $1,842.28 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $1,896.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $2,090.31 | ↑ +2% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $2,090.31 | ↑ +2% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $2,090.31 | ↑ +2% |
| GMS | All Products | $2,212.00 | ↑ +8% |
| MMO | Traditional | $2,212.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $2,370.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $2,370.00 | ↑ +15% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $2,435.09 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Asa | $2,528.00 | ↑ +23% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $2,563.25 | ↑ +25% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $2,691.41 | ↑ +31% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $2,691.41 | ↑ +31% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $2,691.41 | ↑ +31% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $2,717.05 | ↑ +32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $2,819.58 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $2,844.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $3,160.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,600.66 | ↑ +221% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $6,600.66 | ↑ +221% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $6,600.66 | ↑ +221% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $6,600.66 | ↑ +221% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,831.69 | ↑ +233% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,864.94 | ↑ +234% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $6,864.94 | ↑ +234% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,864.94 | ↑ +234% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,864.94 | ↑ +234% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,864.94 | ↑ +234% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,070.89 | ↑ +244% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,128.72 | ↑ +247% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $7,414.13 | ↑ +261% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,551.43 | ↑ +268% |
| MMO | NASCO | $12,214.27 | ↑ +495% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $12,214.27 | ↑ +495% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $17,287.29 | ↑ +742% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $17,670.35 | ↑ +760% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $20,338.07 | ↑ +890% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
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Decompression of leg at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $2,054.00 | $1.10 – $6,864.94 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $2,054.00 | $1.10 – $7,070.89 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $2,611.58 – $7,551.43 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $4,263.77 – $4,937.00 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $2,675.64 – $7,551.43 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $2,513.62 – $7,551.43 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $2,393.05 – $7,551.43 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $2,618.80 – $7,551.43 |