Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$1,677.00

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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.

$2,580.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $3,004.00 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $161.42 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $169.92 ↓ -90%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $178.42 ↓ -89%
United Managed Medicaid $178.42 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $186.91 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $186.91 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $204.38 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $214.57 ↓ -87%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $214.57 ↓ -87%
OPTUM All Products VA $214.57 ↓ -87%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.57 ↓ -87%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $222.08 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -87%
Valor HMO & PPO $224.08 ↓ -87%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -87%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -87%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.08 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $225.30 ↓ -87%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.80 ↓ -86%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.73 ↓ -86%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $242.00 ↓ -86%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $246.49 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $267.27 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $298.71 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $300.40 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $300.40 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $300.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $300.40 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $300.40 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $300.40 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $300.40 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $300.40 ↓ -82%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $302.03 ↓ -82%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $315.42 ↓ -81%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $325.42 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $330.44 ↓ -80%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $341.76 ↓ -80%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $341.76 ↓ -80%
Summacare Preferred $352.44 ↓ -79%
Summacare PREMIER $383.41 ↓ -77%
MMO SuperMed $417.54 ↓ -75%
MMO NASCO $417.54 ↓ -75%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $432.54 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $449.21 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $449.21 ↓ -73%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $480.60 ↓ -71%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $519.05 ↓ -69%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $527.59 ↓ -69%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $534.00 ↓ -68%
MMO TRADITIONAL $556.43 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM HPN $556.56 ↓ -67%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $576.72 ↓ -66%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $576.78 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $590.60 ↓ -65%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $604.49 ↓ -64%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $640.80 ↓ -62%
The Health Plan HMO $640.80 ↓ -62%
Summacare Premier $641.44 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $655.58 ↓ -61%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $663.85 ↓ -60%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $736.92 ↓ -56%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $747.60 ↓ -55%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $747.60 ↓ -55%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $801.00 ↓ -52%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $801.00 ↓ -52%
United HMO & PPO $818.83 ↓ -51%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $854.40 ↓ -49%
United All Products - Mid-Level $899.75 ↓ -46%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $961.20 ↓ -43%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $961.20 ↓ -43%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $961.20 ↓ -43%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $961.20 ↓ -43%
United All Products $969.75 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $1,003.62 ↓ -40%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,068.00 ↓ -36%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,140.90 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,140.90 ↓ -32%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,140.90 ↓ -32%
OMAS All Products $1,290.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,504.14 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,548.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $1,806.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,806.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,935.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,935.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,064.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,322.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,580.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +71%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +79%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
UNITED Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
MOLINA Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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