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Drain to peritoneal cavity 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

$3,177.20

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.

$4,888.00

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 $4,888.00 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $477.52 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $511.91 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $538.45 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $538.85 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $565.79 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $565.79 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $592.74 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $592.74 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $624.44 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $697.91 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $717.93 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $717.93 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $717.93 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $717.93 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products $717.93 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $717.93 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $717.93 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $717.93 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $753.83 ↓ -76%
PPHP All Products $789.72 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,038.72 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,038.72 ↓ -67%
Oscar All Products $1,242.04 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,289.87 ↓ -59%
MMO NASCO $1,326.08 ↓ -58%
MMO SuperMed $1,326.08 ↓ -58%
Summacare Preferred $1,464.58 ↓ -54%
Summacare Premier $1,498.67 ↓ -53%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,611.33 ↓ -49%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,696.14 ↓ -47%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -44%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -44%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -44%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,797.91 ↓ -43%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,865.75 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $1,901.43 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,917.42 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,106.91 ↓ -34%
United All Products $2,270.83 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,414.67 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $2,444.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,638.14 ↓ -17%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,638.14 ↓ -17%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,638.14 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,849.70 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,932.80 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $3,421.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $3,421.60 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $3,666.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,666.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,910.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $4,399.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,888.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Drain to peritoneal cavity at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,177.20 $1.10 – $4,399.20
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