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Exc isch pr ulc prm sut ostc 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

$3,226.60

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.

$4,964.00

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 $444.21 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $467.59 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $467.59 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $490.97 ↓ -85%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $490.97 ↓ -85%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $490.97 ↓ -85%
United BH Managed Medicaid $495.65 ↓ -85%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $514.35 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $516.03 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $570.35 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $570.35 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $579.91 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $597.51 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $597.51 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $627.89 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $758.34 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $837.19 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $837.19 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $837.19 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $837.19 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $837.19 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $837.19 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $837.19 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $837.19 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $847.56 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $879.05 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $920.91 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,248.55 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,248.55 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $1,261.35 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,543.92 ↓ -52%
Summacare Preferred $1,707.87 ↓ -47%
Summacare Premier $1,820.03 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $1,931.00 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $2,279.27 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,452.22 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $2,482.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,504.51 ↓ -22%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↓ -18%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↓ -18%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↓ -18%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↓ -18%
United All Products $2,699.37 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -15%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↓ -15%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -15%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -15%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↓ -15%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↓ -12%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,894.01 ↓ -10%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $2,978.40 ↓ -8%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↓ -6%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,171.06 ↓ -2%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,171.06 ↓ -2%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,171.06 ↓ -2%
MMO Traditional $3,474.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $3,474.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $3,723.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,723.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,971.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $4,467.60 ↑ +38%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↑ +50%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,964.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $6,920.23 ↑ +114%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↑ +119%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↑ +152%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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