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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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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

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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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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,677.00 $0.01 – $2,322.00
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