Extensive prostate surgery 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

$5,553.60

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.

$8,544.00

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 $8,544.00 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 $718.26 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $771.34 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $939.26 ↓ -83%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $967.59 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,018.52 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
Valor All Products $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan All Products $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
United Medicare Advantage $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,028.45 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,049.76 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,069.45 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $1,069.45 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,079.87 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,120.37 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,120.37 ↓ -80%
PPHP All Products $1,131.30 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,550.30 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,550.30 ↓ -72%
MMO NASCO $1,992.70 ↓ -64%
MMO SuperMed $1,992.70 ↓ -64%
Summacare Preferred $2,098.04 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $2,171.03 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $2,254.22 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,389.77 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,607.32 ↓ -53%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,744.55 ↓ -51%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,881.78 ↓ -48%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,881.78 ↓ -48%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,881.78 ↓ -48%
United HMO & PPO $2,882.16 ↓ -48%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,909.22 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,019.01 ↓ -46%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,166.99 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $3,323.62 ↓ -40%
United All Products $3,413.39 ↓ -39%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,937.42 ↓ -29%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,937.42 ↓ -29%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,937.42 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,220.74 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $4,272.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,981.15 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $5,126.40 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $5,980.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $5,980.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,408.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $6,408.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,835.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $7,689.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $8,544.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Extensive prostate surgery at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,553.60 $1.10 – $7,689.60
mercy hospital Canton $5,553.60 $1.10 – $7,689.60
avon hospital Avon not published $2,796.30 – $2,849.56
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $4,565.35 – $5,286.19
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,864.89 – $3,317.24
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,691.42 – $3,116.38
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,562.31 – $2,966.89
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,804.03 – $3,246.77

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