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Exc abd les sc 3 cm/> 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

$1,661.40

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.

$2,556.00

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 $8,141.48 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $240.87 ↓ -86%
Oscar All Products $242.67 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $253.55 ↓ -85%
United Managed Medicaid $266.23 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $266.23 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $273.75 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $278.91 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $278.91 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $312.51 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $357.98 ↓ -78%
OHCP All Products $371.50 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $400.09 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $416.68 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $416.68 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $416.68 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $416.68 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $416.68 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $416.68 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $416.68 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $416.68 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $437.51 ↓ -74%
PPHP All Products $454.84 ↓ -73%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $471.77 ↓ -72%
OMAS All Products $477.50 ↓ -71%
Optum All Products Transplant $556.77 ↓ -66%
PHPHI All Products $573.00 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $593.24 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $593.24 ↓ -64%
GMS All Products $668.50 ↓ -60%
MMO Traditional $668.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna All Products First Health $716.25 ↓ -57%
Consociate Health All Products $716.25 ↓ -57%
Aetna Asa $764.00 ↓ -54%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $773.31 ↓ -53%
Summacare Preferred $850.03 ↓ -49%
Summacare Premier $859.15 ↓ -48%
Multiplan All Products $859.50 ↓ -48%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $955.00 ↓ -43%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,072.58 ↓ -35%
United HMO & PPO $1,096.76 ↓ -34%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,129.03 ↓ -32%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -29%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -29%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↓ -29%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,196.77 ↓ -28%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,205.14 ↓ -27%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,241.93 ↓ -25%
United All Products $1,298.90 ↓ -22%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,506.71 ↓ -9%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,506.71 ↓ -9%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,506.71 ↓ -9%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↑ +59%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↑ +59%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↑ +59%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↑ +59%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↑ +65%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +65%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +65%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +65%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +65%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↑ +65%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↑ +70%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↑ +72%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↑ +79%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↑ +82%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↑ +192%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↑ +192%
ANTHEM HPN $6,920.23 ↑ +317%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↑ +326%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↑ +390%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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