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Egd varices ligation 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

$1,258.40

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.

$1,936.00

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 $5,378.41 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 $148.02 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $158.78 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $193.57 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $196.59 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $206.94 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $211.70 ↓ -83%
Valor All Products $211.70 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $211.70 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $211.70 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.70 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $211.70 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $211.70 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $211.70 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $216.34 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $217.29 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $217.29 ↓ -83%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $222.29 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $227.63 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $227.63 ↓ -82%
PPHP All Products $232.87 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $323.20 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $323.20 ↓ -74%
Summacare Preferred $431.87 ↓ -66%
Summacare Premier $464.57 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $491.94 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $522.87 ↓ -58%
United HMO & PPO $596.83 ↓ -53%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $619.37 ↓ -51%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $651.97 ↓ -48%
United All Products - Mid-Level $655.81 ↓ -48%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -46%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -46%
United BH Managed Medicaid $691.09 ↓ -45%
United All Products $706.83 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $717.17 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $753.10 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician $820.89 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $820.89 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $820.89 ↓ -35%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $956.38 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $968.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,128.69 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,161.60 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $1,355.20 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,355.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,452.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,452.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,548.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,742.40 ↑ +38%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,752.78 ↑ +39%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,752.78 ↑ +39%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,752.78 ↑ +39%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,752.78 ↑ +39%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,814.13 ↑ +44%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +44%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +44%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +44%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,815.43 ↑ +44%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,815.43 ↑ +44%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,869.90 ↑ +49%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,893.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,936.00 ↑ +54%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,960.67 ↑ +56%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,996.98 ↑ +59%
MMO SuperMed $3,248.90 ↑ +158%
MMO NASCO $3,248.90 ↑ +158%
ANTHEM HPN $4,571.63 ↑ +263%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,672.93 ↑ +271%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $5,378.41 ↑ +327%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,671.90 $1.10 – $7,853.40
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University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva $2,898.75 not published

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