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Drainage of eye 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

$6,819.15

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.

$10,491.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $10,491.00 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
ANTHEM HPN $150.24 ↓ -98%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $302.55 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $318.47 ↓ -95%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $318.47 ↓ -95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $334.39 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $334.39 ↓ -95%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $334.39 ↓ -95%
United BH Managed Medicaid $337.58 ↓ -95%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $350.32 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,107.35 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,107.35 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,107.35 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,107.35 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,181.11 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,183.38 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,183.38 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,248.88 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,275.94 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,358.05 ↓ -65%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $2,401.72 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,401.72 ↓ -65%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↓ -64%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↓ -58%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,966.85 ↓ -56%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $3,357.12 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,357.12 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $3,462.03 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $3,766.27 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $4,248.86 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $4,720.95 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $5,098.63 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $5,182.55 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $5,245.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $5,465.81 ↓ -20%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $5,620.02 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $5,665.14 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $5,801.52 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $5,937.91 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $6,294.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $6,294.60 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $6,468.48 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $7,238.79 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $7,343.70 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $7,343.70 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $7,868.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $7,868.25 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $8,392.80 ↑ +23%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $9,441.90 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,441.90 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $9,441.90 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $9,441.90 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $10,491.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Drainage of eye at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $6,819.15 $0.01 – $9,441.90
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $2,667.75 $2,183.38 – $3,930.08
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