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Drain shoulder lesion 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

$902.20

Cash price

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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.

$1,388.00

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 $8,141.48 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $124.76 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $131.33 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $137.90 ↓ -85%
United Managed Medicaid $137.90 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $144.46 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $144.46 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $157.66 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $176.87 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $206.18 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $230.43 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $235.83 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $235.83 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $235.83 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $235.83 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $235.83 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $235.83 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $235.83 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $235.83 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $247.62 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $259.41 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $340.52 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $352.69 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $438.01 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $481.09 ↓ -47%
Summacare Premier $494.82 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $539.71 ↓ -40%
OHCP All Products $539.93 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $577.23 ↓ -36%
Aetna Acop $592.56 ↓ -34%
Cigna All Products Physician $637.72 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $685.67 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $694.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $809.20 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $832.80 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $864.83 ↓ -4%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $864.83 ↓ -4%
GMS All Products $971.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $971.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,041.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,041.00 ↑ +15%
United HMO & PPO $1,058.84 ↑ +17%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,072.58 ↑ +19%
Aetna Asa $1,110.40 ↑ +23%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,129.03 ↑ +25%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,163.47 ↑ +29%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↑ +31%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↑ +31%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↑ +31%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,196.77 ↑ +33%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,241.93 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $1,249.20 ↑ +38%
United All Products $1,253.99 ↑ +39%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,388.00 ↑ +54%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,466.03 ↑ +62%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↑ +193%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↑ +193%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↑ +193%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↑ +193%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↑ +203%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +205%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +205%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +205%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↑ +205%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +205%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↑ +214%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↑ +217%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↑ +229%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↑ +235%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↑ +438%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↑ +438%
ANTHEM HPN $6,920.23 ↑ +667%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↑ +684%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↑ +802%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Drain shoulder lesion at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $902.20 $1.10 – $2,748.08
avon hospital Avon $8,557.25 $473.38 – $11,848.50
euclid hospital Euclid $8,557.25 $473.38 – $11,848.50
fairview hospital Cleveland $8,557.25 $404.35 – $11,848.50
lutheran hospital Cleveland $8,557.25 $473.38 – $11,848.50
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $8,557.25 $404.35 – $11,848.50
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $8,557.25 $473.38 – $11,848.50
medina hospital Medina $8,557.25 $312.00 – $11,848.50

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