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Esphg dstl 2/3 w/laps moblj 43287 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

$16,380.00

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.

$25,200.00

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 $25,200.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $2,174.27 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $2,438.53 ↓ -85%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,505.22 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $2,637.07 ↓ -84%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,637.07 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,766.00 ↓ -83%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,768.92 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,768.92 ↓ -83%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,768.92 ↓ -83%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,795.29 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $2,843.28 ↓ -83%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,900.78 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $3,057.16 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $3,057.16 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $3,177.78 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $3,202.74 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $3,202.74 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $3,251.37 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $3,413.94 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $3,576.51 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $4,757.93 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $4,757.93 ↓ -71%
MMO NASCO $6,058.75 ↓ -63%
MMO SuperMed $6,058.75 ↓ -63%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $6,313.56 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $6,403.32 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $6,632.79 ↓ -60%
Summacare Premier $6,823.86 ↓ -58%
United HMO & PPO $8,765.34 ↓ -46%
United All Products - Mid-Level $9,631.57 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $9,802.80 ↓ -40%
United All Products $10,380.92 ↓ -37%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $12,084.17 ↓ -26%
Anthem All Products Physician $12,084.17 ↓ -26%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $12,084.17 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $12,448.80 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $12,600.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $14,691.60 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $15,120.00 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $17,640.00 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $17,640.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $18,900.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $18,900.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $20,160.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $22,680.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $25,200.00 ↑ +54%
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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Esphg dstl 2/3 w/laps moblj 43287 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $16,380.00 $1.10 – $22,680.00
mercy hospital Canton $16,380.00 $1.10 – $22,680.00
avon hospital Avon not published $2,686.79 – $2,737.97
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $4,386.56 – $5,079.17
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,752.69 – $3,187.33
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,586.01 – $2,994.33
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,461.97 – $2,850.71
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,694.22 – $3,119.62

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