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Exploration retroperitoneal area 49010 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

$4,175.60

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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.

$6,424.00

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 $18,145.13 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 $522.95 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $550.47 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $573.33 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $577.99 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $577.99 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $605.52 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $605.52 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $638.44 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $749.73 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $837.94 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $851.25 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $851.25 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $851.25 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $851.25 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $851.25 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $851.25 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $851.25 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $851.25 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $893.81 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $936.38 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,244.10 ↓ -70%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,244.10 ↓ -70%
MMO SuperMed $1,585.92 ↓ -62%
MMO NASCO $1,585.92 ↓ -62%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,611.33 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $1,632.34 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,640.73 ↓ -61%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,696.14 ↓ -59%
Summacare Preferred $1,736.55 ↓ -58%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -57%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -57%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -57%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,797.91 ↓ -57%
Summacare Premier $1,799.36 ↓ -57%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,865.75 ↓ -55%
United HMO & PPO $2,295.20 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $2,498.94 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,522.02 ↓ -40%
United All Products $2,718.24 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,159.76 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,159.76 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,159.76 ↓ -24%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,173.46 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,212.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,745.19 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $3,854.40 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $4,496.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,496.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $4,818.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,818.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,139.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $5,781.60 ↑ +38%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,124.73 ↑ +47%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +47%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +47%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +47%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.73 ↑ +47%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,308.48 ↑ +51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,424.00 ↑ +54%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,614.71 ↑ +58%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,737.21 ↑ +61%
ANTHEM HPN $15,423.30 ↑ +269%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $15,765.06 ↑ +278%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $18,145.13 ↑ +335%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Exploration retroperitoneal area 49010 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,175.60 $1.10 – $6,124.73
mercy hospital Canton $4,175.60 $1.10 – $6,308.48
avon hospital Avon not published $1,728.12 – $6,737.21
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