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Egd flx trnsorl rmvl balo 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

$728.00

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.

$1,120.00

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 $2,542.14 with ANTHEM — 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 $97.99 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $104.62 ↓ -86%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $115.48 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $121.56 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $127.64 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $127.64 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $128.14 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $133.72 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $133.72 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $139.49 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $139.49 ↓ -81%
Valor All Products $139.49 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $139.49 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $139.49 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan All Products $139.49 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $139.49 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $139.49 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $143.21 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $146.46 ↓ -80%
PPHP All Products $153.44 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $211.90 ↓ -71%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $268.53 ↓ -63%
Summacare Preferred $284.56 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $284.59 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $307.53 ↓ -58%
OHCP All Products $435.68 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $538.18 ↓ -26%
Anthem All Products Physician $538.18 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $553.28 ↓ -24%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $557.82 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $560.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $596.61 ↓ -18%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $619.37 ↓ -15%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $651.97 ↓ -10%
Optum All Products Transplant $652.96 ↓ -10%
Cigna All Products Physician $659.12 ↓ -9%
PHPHI All Products $672.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -6%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -6%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -6%
United BH Managed Medicaid $691.09 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $717.17 ↓ -1%
GMS All Products $784.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $784.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $840.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $840.00 ↑ +15%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +18%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +18%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +18%
Valor HMO & PPO $858.08 ↑ +18%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +18%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $866.29 ↑ +19%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $866.29 ↑ +19%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $866.29 ↑ +19%
OPTUM All Products VA $866.29 ↑ +19%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $883.82 ↑ +21%
Aetna Asa $896.00 ↑ +23%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $896.61 ↑ +23%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $926.72 ↑ +27%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $935.59 ↑ +29%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $943.89 ↑ +30%
Multiplan All Products $1,008.00 ↑ +38%
United HMO & PPO $1,089.03 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,120.00 ↑ +54%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,196.65 ↑ +64%
United All Products $1,289.75 ↑ +77%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,515.24 ↑ +108%
MMO NASCO $1,548.29 ↑ +113%
MMO SuperMed $1,548.29 ↑ +113%
ANTHEM HPN $2,160.81 ↑ +197%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,208.69 ↑ +203%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,542.14 ↑ +249%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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