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Fusion of tibiofibular joint 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

$2,480.40

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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.

$3,816.00

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 $35,984.87 with ANTHEM — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $425.85 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $470.02 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $472.78 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $497.66 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $522.54 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $522.54 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $547.43 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $547.43 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $556.89 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $622.40 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $626.69 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $626.69 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $626.69 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $626.69 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $626.69 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $626.69 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $626.69 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $626.69 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $658.02 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $689.36 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $926.03 ↓ -63%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $926.03 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $969.65 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,191.40 ↓ -52%
Summacare Preferred $1,278.45 ↓ -48%
Summacare Premier $1,336.53 ↓ -46%
OHCP All Products $1,484.42 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,713.37 ↓ -31%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,882.69 ↓ -24%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,885.10 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,908.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $2,029.17 ↓ -18%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,224.73 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,289.60 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,351.92 ↓ -5%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,351.92 ↓ -5%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,351.92 ↓ -5%
GMS All Products $2,671.20 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,671.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,862.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,862.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,052.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $3,434.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,816.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,234.94 ↑ +71%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,457.83 ↑ +80%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,680.72 ↑ +89%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,680.72 ↑ +89%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,680.72 ↑ +89%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,725.30 ↑ +91%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,903.61 ↑ +98%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $11,888.68 ↑ +379%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,888.68 ↑ +379%
OPTUM All Products VA $11,888.68 ↑ +379%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $11,888.68 ↑ +379%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +390%
Valor HMO & PPO $12,146.38 ↑ +390%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +390%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +390%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +390%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,304.79 ↑ +396%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,510.77 ↑ +404%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,839.78 ↑ +418%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $13,118.09 ↑ +429%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $13,361.02 ↑ +439%
MMO SuperMed $22,471.68 ↑ +806%
MMO NASCO $22,471.68 ↑ +806%
ANTHEM HPN $30,587.02 ↑ +1133%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $31,264.79 ↑ +1160%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $35,984.87 ↑ +1351%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Fusion of tibiofibular joint at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,480.40 $1.10 – $12,146.38
mercy hospital Canton $2,480.40 $1.10 – $12,510.77
avon hospital Avon not published $4,541.89 – $13,361.02
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $7,415.27 – $8,586.11
euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,653.29 – $13,361.02
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $4,371.53 – $13,361.02
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $4,161.85 – $13,361.02
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,554.45 – $13,361.02

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