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Esophagoscopy rigid trnso 43180 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

$2,347.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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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.

$3,612.00

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 $16,592.38 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 $337.33 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $352.02 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $403.81 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $425.06 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $441.12 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $446.31 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $446.31 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $467.57 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $467.57 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $469.36 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $469.36 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $469.36 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $469.36 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $469.36 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $469.36 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $469.36 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $469.36 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $492.83 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $493.02 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $516.30 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $734.08 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $734.08 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $917.81 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $957.49 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $968.42 ↓ -59%
Summacare Premier $1,058.70 ↓ -55%
United HMO & PPO $1,354.05 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $1,405.07 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,487.86 ↓ -37%
United All Products $1,603.62 ↓ -32%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,784.33 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,806.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,864.41 ↓ -21%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,864.41 ↓ -21%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,864.41 ↓ -21%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,105.80 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,167.20 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,504.73 ↑ +7%
MMO Traditional $2,528.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $2,528.40 ↑ +8%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,636.56 ↑ +12%
Consociate Health All Products $2,709.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,709.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,768.39 ↑ +18%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,768.39 ↑ +18%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,768.39 ↑ +18%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,794.75 ↑ +19%
Aetna Asa $2,889.60 ↑ +23%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,900.22 ↑ +24%
Multiplan All Products $3,250.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,612.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,465.95 ↑ +133%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,465.95 ↑ +133%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,465.95 ↑ +133%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,465.95 ↑ +133%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +139%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,600.62 ↑ +139%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +139%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +139%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +139%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,657.26 ↑ +141%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,768.63 ↑ +146%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,903.23 ↑ +151%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,048.66 ↑ +158%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,160.68 ↑ +162%
MMO SuperMed $9,999.36 ↑ +326%
MMO NASCO $9,999.36 ↑ +326%
ANTHEM HPN $14,103.47 ↑ +501%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,415.98 ↑ +514%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,592.38 ↑ +607%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Esophagoscopy rigid trnso 43180 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $17,687.80 $1.10 – $24,490.80
mercy hospital Canton $2,347.80 $1.10 – $5,768.63
avon hospital Avon not published $2,686.28 – $6,160.68
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,752.16 – $6,160.68
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,585.52 – $6,160.68
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,461.50 – $6,160.68
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,693.71 – $6,160.68

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