Dexamethasone intra implant 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

$3,119.22

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.

$4,798.80

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.

$2.17 with AETNA vs $4,798.80 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
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2.17 ↓ -100%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.53 ↓ -93%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.53 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.53 ↓ -93%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.53 ↓ -93%
Valor HMO & PPO $204.53 ↓ -93%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $205.62 ↓ -93%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $205.62 ↓ -93%
OPTUM All Products VA $205.62 ↓ -93%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $205.62 ↓ -93%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.67 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $212.82 ↓ -93%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $220.89 ↓ -93%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $222.07 ↓ -93%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $224.98 ↓ -93%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $224.98 ↓ -93%
AETNA Acop $364.08 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM HPN $366.84 ↓ -88%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $396.17 ↓ -87%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $441.95 ↓ -86%
AETNA International $468.68 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $605.94 ↓ -81%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,112.18 ↓ -64%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,170.72 ↓ -62%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,170.72 ↓ -62%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,229.26 ↓ -61%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,229.26 ↓ -61%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,229.26 ↓ -61%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,240.96 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,287.79 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,357.10 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,535.62 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,535.62 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $1,583.60 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $1,722.77 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,914.72 ↓ -39%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,159.46 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,332.22 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,370.61 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,399.40 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $2,500.17 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $2,591.35 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,653.74 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $2,716.12 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,879.28 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $2,879.28 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $3,311.17 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $3,359.16 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $3,359.16 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,599.10 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,599.10 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,839.04 ↑ +23%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $4,318.92 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,318.92 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $4,318.92 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $4,318.92 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $4,798.80 ↑ +54%
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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