Elosulfase alfa, injection 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

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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.

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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.

$259.74 with CC EHP vs $7,011.25 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $259.74
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $293.92
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $293.92
OPTUM All Products VA $293.92
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $293.92
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $304.21
Valor HMO & PPO $311.94
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.94
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.94
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.94
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.94
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $317.43
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $321.30
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $336.90
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $343.13
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $343.13
Summacare PREMIER $595.81
Summacare Preferred $595.81
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $631.93
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $658.19
AETNA International $670.14
ANTHEM HPN $785.53
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $802.93
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $6,055.17
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $6,373.86
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $6,373.86
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $6,692.55
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $6,692.55
UNITED Managed Medicaid $6,692.55
United BH Managed Medicaid $6,756.29
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $7,011.25

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $38.99 – $8,832.81
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