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Drain thyroid/tongue cyst at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$3,851.25
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.
$5,925.00
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.
$266.37 with ANTHEM vs $5,925.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHEM | HPN | $266.37 | ↓ -93% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $745.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $785.10 | ↓ -80% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $785.10 | ↓ -80% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $824.36 | ↓ -79% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $824.36 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $824.36 | ↓ -79% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $832.21 | ↓ -78% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $863.61 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,368.67 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,368.67 | ↓ -64% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $1,368.67 | ↓ -64% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $1,368.67 | ↓ -64% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,416.58 | ↓ -63% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,467.92 | ↓ -62% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,467.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $1,467.92 | ↓ -62% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,467.92 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,467.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,478.17 | ↓ -62% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,511.96 | ↓ -61% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $1,585.35 | ↓ -59% |
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,614.71 | ↓ -58% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,614.71 | ↓ -58% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,675.59 | ↓ -56% |
| PHPHI | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,896.00 | ↓ -51% |
| PHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,896.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $1,955.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Summacare | PREMIER | $2,127.08 | ↓ -45% |
| CC EHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,399.63 | ↓ -38% |
| AETNA | Acop | $2,451.00 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,453.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Amish Community Aid Plan | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,666.25 | ↓ -31% |
| AETNA | Asa_Whirlpool_Peia | $2,860.00 | ↓ -26% |
| OHCP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,879.55 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $2,926.95 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,962.50 | ↓ -23% |
| AETNA | International | $3,004.00 | ↓ -22% |
| MMO | TRADITIONAL | $3,086.93 | ↓ -20% |
| Ohio Healthy | TRANSPLANT | $3,199.50 | ↓ -17% |
| ANTHEM | TRADITIONAL | $3,276.53 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | All Products Transplant | $3,353.55 | ↓ -13% |
| UPMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,555.00 | ↓ -8% |
| The Health Plan | HMO | $3,555.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,778.42 | ↓ -2% |
| The Health Plan | ASO Self-Funded | $4,088.25 | ↑ +6% |
| GMS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,147.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Medical Benefit Corp | Transplant SMCP | $4,147.50 | ↑ +8% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $4,348.85 | ↑ +13% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,443.75 | ↑ +15% |
| AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,443.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Evernorth (Cigna BH) | All Products Psychiatrist | $4,740.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Tertiary Care Network | TRANSPLANT | $5,332.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,332.50 | ↑ +38% |
| Managed Care Services | TRANSPLANT | $5,332.50 | ↑ +38% |
| FrontPath | TRANSPLANT | $5,332.50 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA | Qhp/Ipf | $5,925.00 | ↑ +54% |
| United BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CommuniCare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| United BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | NAP | not published by hospital | — |
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Drain thyroid/tongue cyst at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $3,851.25 | $1.10 – $5,332.50 |
| avon hospital | Avon | $3,851.25 | $291.76 – $5,332.50 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | $3,851.25 | $291.76 – $5,332.50 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | $3,851.25 | $249.21 – $5,332.50 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | $3,851.25 | $291.76 – $5,332.50 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | $3,851.25 | $249.21 – $5,332.50 |
| lodi hospital | Lodi | $3,851.25 | $1,251.39 – $5,332.50 |
| marymount hospital | Garfield Heights | $3,851.25 | $291.76 – $5,332.50 |