Exchange nephrostomy cath 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

$6,124.95

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$9,423.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $9,423.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $60.18 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $64.81 ↓ -99%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $77.63 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $78.69 ↓ -99%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $81.72 ↓ -99%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $85.81 ↓ -99%
United Managed Medicaid $85.81 ↓ -99%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $86.41 ↓ -99%
Valor All Products $86.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $86.41 ↓ -99%
United Medicare Advantage $86.41 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $86.41 ↓ -99%
The Health Plan All Products $86.41 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $86.41 ↓ -99%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $86.41 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $87.95 ↓ -99%
Molina Managed Medicaid $89.89 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $89.89 ↓ -99%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $90.73 ↓ -99%
PPHP All Products $95.05 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $131.48 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM HPN $168.16 ↓ -97%
Summacare Preferred $176.28 ↓ -97%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $176.55 ↓ -97%
Summacare Premier $188.86 ↓ -97%
Oscar All Products $203.53 ↓ -97%
OHCP All Products $311.59 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician $333.90 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $333.90 ↓ -95%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $395.69 ↓ -94%
OMAS All Products $400.50 ↓ -93%
Optum All Products Transplant $466.98 ↓ -92%
PHPHI All Products $480.60 ↓ -92%
GMS All Products $560.70 ↓ -91%
MMO Traditional $560.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna All Products First Health $600.75 ↓ -90%
Consociate Health All Products $600.75 ↓ -90%
Aetna Asa $640.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna Acop $685.22 ↓ -89%
Multiplan All Products $720.90 ↓ -88%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $723.21 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $773.47 ↓ -87%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $797.19 ↓ -87%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $801.00 ↓ -87%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $839.15 ↓ -86%
Cigna All Products Physician $854.55 ↓ -86%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $881.11 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $881.11 ↓ -86%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $881.11 ↓ -86%
United BH Managed Medicaid $889.50 ↓ -85%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $923.07 ↓ -85%
United HMO & PPO $1,376.69 ↓ -78%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,512.74 ↓ -75%
United All Products $1,630.44 ↓ -73%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,892.78 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,892.78 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,892.78 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,892.78 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,959.03 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,964.48 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,977.66 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,977.66 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,977.66 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,977.66 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,977.66 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,036.99 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,044.20 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,135.88 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,175.43 ↓ -64%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,664.82 ↓ -56%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↓ -53%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $3,015.36 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,015.36 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $3,382.86 ↓ -45%
MMO NASCO $3,478.27 ↓ -43%
MMO SuperMed $3,478.27 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,816.32 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $4,240.35 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $4,579.58 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $4,711.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $4,909.38 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $5,088.42 ↓ -17%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $5,090.51 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $5,210.92 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $5,333.42 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $5,653.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $5,653.80 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $5,859.03 ↓ -4%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $6,501.87 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $6,596.10 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $6,596.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $7,067.25 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $7,067.25 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $7,538.40 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $8,480.70 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $8,480.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8,480.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $8,480.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $9,423.00 ↑ +54%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Exchange nephrostomy cath at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $2,290.80 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $2,290.80 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $2,290.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $2,290.80 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $2,290.80 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $1,502.18 $1,817.40 – $2,423.20
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $6,124.95 $0.01 – $8,480.70
avon hospital Avon $6,124.95 $0.01 – $8,480.70

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →