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Diagnostic anoscopy 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

$416.00

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.

$640.00

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 $1,252.10 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $57.36 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $62.76 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $75.00 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $83.68 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $83.68 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $83.68 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $83.68 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $83.68 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $83.68 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $83.68 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $83.68 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $83.83 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $87.86 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $92.05 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $124.07 ↓ -70%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $161.64 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $162.62 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $170.71 ↓ -59%
Summacare Premier $180.01 ↓ -57%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $183.62 ↓ -56%
Aetna Acop $191.18 ↓ -54%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $196.38 ↓ -53%
Cigna All Products Physician $216.96 ↓ -48%
MMO NASCO $218.62 ↓ -47%
MMO SuperMed $218.62 ↓ -47%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $237.67 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $248.96 ↓ -40%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $250.18 ↓ -40%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $250.18 ↓ -40%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -37%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -37%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $262.69 ↓ -37%
United BH Managed Medicaid $265.19 ↓ -36%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $275.20 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician $315.12 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $315.12 ↓ -24%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $316.16 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $320.00 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $362.36 ↓ -13%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $368.71 ↓ -11%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $368.71 ↓ -11%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $368.71 ↓ -11%
OPTUM All Products VA $368.71 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $373.12 ↓ -10%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $381.61 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $384.00 ↓ -8%
United All Products - Mid-Level $398.16 ↓ -4%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $398.20 ↓ -4%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↑ +2%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↑ +2%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↑ +2%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↑ +2%
Valor HMO & PPO $422.64 ↑ +2%
United All Products $429.14 ↑ +3%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $435.31 ↑ +5%
GMS All Products $448.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $448.00 ↑ +8%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $456.45 ↑ +10%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $464.90 ↑ +12%
Consociate Health All Products $480.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $480.00 ↑ +15%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $498.75 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $512.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $576.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $640.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $1,064.28 ↑ +156%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,087.86 ↑ +162%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,252.10 ↑ +201%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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