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Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 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

$8,557.25

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.

$13,165.00

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 $13,165.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $248.22 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $261.28 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $274.34 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $274.34 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $287.41 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $287.41 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $315.54 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $351.67 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $412.63 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $461.18 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $468.89 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $468.89 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products $468.89 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $468.89 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $468.89 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $468.89 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $468.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $468.89 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $492.33 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $515.78 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $680.45 ↓ -92%
Oscar All Products $689.12 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM HPN $830.49 ↓ -90%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $833.57 ↓ -90%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $853.29 ↓ -90%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $891.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna Acop $930.80 ↓ -89%
Summacare Preferred $956.54 ↓ -89%
Cigna All Products Physician $984.95 ↓ -88%
Summacare Premier $990.32 ↓ -88%
OHCP All Products $1,054.97 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,072.58 ↓ -87%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,129.03 ↓ -87%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -86%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -86%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,196.77 ↓ -86%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,241.93 ↓ -85%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,339.73 ↓ -84%
OMAS All Products $1,356.00 ↓ -84%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,581.10 ↓ -82%
PHPHI All Products $1,627.20 ↓ -81%
United HMO & PPO $1,645.29 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,728.21 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,728.21 ↓ -80%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,807.88 ↓ -79%
GMS All Products $1,898.40 ↓ -78%
MMO Traditional $1,898.40 ↓ -78%
United All Products $1,948.53 ↓ -77%
Consociate Health All Products $2,034.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,034.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Asa $2,169.60 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,264.26 ↓ -74%
Multiplan All Products $2,440.80 ↓ -71%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,453.00 ↓ -71%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,712.00 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↓ -65%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $3,723.06 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $4,212.80 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $4,212.80 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $4,726.24 ↓ -45%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↓ -43%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $5,331.83 ↓ -38%
AETNA Acop $5,355.00 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $5,924.25 ↓ -31%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $6,249.00 ↓ -27%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $6,398.19 ↓ -25%
AETNA International $6,561.00 ↓ -23%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $6,582.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $6,858.97 ↓ -20%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $7,109.10 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $7,280.25 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $7,451.39 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $7,899.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $7,899.00 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $9,083.85 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $9,215.50 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $9,215.50 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $9,873.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $9,873.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $10,532.00 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $11,848.50 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $11,848.50 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $11,848.50 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,848.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $13,165.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50
avon hospital Avon $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50
euclid hospital Euclid $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50
fairview hospital Cleveland $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50
lutheran hospital Cleveland $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50
lodi hospital Lodi $8,557.25 $1,799.58 – $11,848.50
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $8,557.25 $0.01 – $11,848.50

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