Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 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

$5,156.45

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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.

$7,933.00

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 $7,933.00 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%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $64.28 ↓ -99%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $67.66 ↓ -99%
United Managed Medicaid $71.04 ↓ -99%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $71.04 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $74.43 ↓ -99%
Molina Managed Medicaid $74.43 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $81.00 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $89.39 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $105.93 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $118.39 ↓ -98%
Valor All Products $119.18 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan All Products $119.18 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $119.18 ↓ -98%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $119.18 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $119.18 ↓ -98%
United Medicare Advantage $119.18 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $119.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.18 ↓ -98%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $125.14 ↓ -98%
PPHP All Products $131.10 ↓ -97%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $176.79 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM HPN $228.89 ↓ -96%
Summacare Preferred $243.13 ↓ -95%
Summacare Premier $254.22 ↓ -95%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $255.54 ↓ -95%
Oscar All Products $293.99 ↓ -94%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $310.37 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $331.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Acop $340.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna All Products Physician $366.73 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Physician $449.04 ↓ -91%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $449.04 ↓ -91%
OHCP All Products $450.07 ↓ -91%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $571.56 ↓ -89%
OMAS All Products $578.50 ↓ -89%
United HMO & PPO $613.15 ↓ -88%
United All Products - Mid-Level $673.74 ↓ -87%
Optum All Products Transplant $674.53 ↓ -87%
PHPHI All Products $694.20 ↓ -87%
United All Products $726.16 ↓ -86%
GMS All Products $809.90 ↓ -84%
MMO Traditional $809.90 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $843.07 ↓ -84%
Aetna All Products First Health $867.75 ↓ -83%
Consociate Health All Products $867.75 ↓ -83%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $884.47 ↓ -83%
Aetna Asa $925.60 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $931.02 ↓ -82%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $977.57 ↓ -81%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $977.57 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $977.57 ↓ -81%
United BH Managed Medicaid $986.88 ↓ -81%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,024.12 ↓ -80%
Multiplan All Products $1,041.30 ↓ -80%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,157.00 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,593.38 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,593.38 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,593.38 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,593.38 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,649.14 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,683.92 ↓ -67%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,683.92 ↓ -67%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,683.92 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,683.92 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,683.92 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,720.85 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,734.44 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,818.63 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,852.31 ↓ -64%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,243.45 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,538.56 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,538.56 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $2,847.95 ↓ -45%
MMO NASCO $2,897.66 ↓ -44%
MMO SuperMed $2,897.66 ↓ -44%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,212.87 ↓ -38%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $3,569.85 ↓ -31%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $3,855.44 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,966.50 ↓ -23%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $4,133.09 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $4,283.82 ↓ -17%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,334.41 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $4,386.95 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $4,490.08 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $4,759.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $4,759.80 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $4,988.78 ↓ -3%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $5,473.77 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $5,553.10 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $5,553.10 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $5,949.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $5,949.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $6,346.40 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $7,139.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $7,139.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $7,139.70 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $7,139.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $7,933.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $20,874.32 $3,633.35 – $3,706.02
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $9,119.88 $1,734.55 – $1,734.55
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euclid hospital Euclid $5,156.45 $0.01 – $7,139.70
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lutheran hospital Cleveland $5,156.45 $0.01 – $7,139.70

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