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Ghs fb removal from muscle - complicated 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

$920.40

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.

$1,416.00

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 $8,141.48 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 $120.00 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $126.32 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $132.64 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $132.64 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $138.95 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $138.95 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $153.09 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $169.58 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $200.20 ↓ -78%
Oscar All Products $200.74 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $223.75 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products $226.10 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $226.10 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $226.10 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $226.10 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $226.10 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $226.10 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $226.10 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $226.10 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $237.41 ↓ -74%
PPHP All Products $248.71 ↓ -73%
OHCP All Products $307.31 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $329.60 ↓ -64%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $390.26 ↓ -58%
OMAS All Products $395.00 ↓ -57%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $425.72 ↓ -54%
Optum All Products Transplant $460.57 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $461.24 ↓ -50%
PHPHI All Products $474.00 ↓ -49%
Summacare Premier $480.48 ↓ -48%
GMS All Products $553.00 ↓ -40%
MMO Traditional $553.00 ↓ -40%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $568.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna All Products First Health $592.50 ↓ -36%
Consociate Health All Products $592.50 ↓ -36%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $607.91 ↓ -34%
Aetna Asa $632.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Acop $648.20 ↓ -30%
Cigna All Products Physician $671.64 ↓ -27%
Multiplan All Products $711.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $790.00 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $837.08 ↓ -9%
Anthem All Products Physician $837.08 ↓ -9%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,072.58 ↑ +17%
United HMO & PPO $1,112.31 ↑ +21%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,129.03 ↑ +23%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↑ +29%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↑ +29%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,185.48 ↑ +29%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,196.77 ↑ +30%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,222.23 ↑ +33%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,241.93 ↑ +35%
United All Products $1,317.32 ↑ +43%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,543.99 ↑ +68%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↑ +187%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↑ +187%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↑ +187%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↑ +187%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↑ +197%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +199%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +199%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +199%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↑ +199%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +199%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↑ +208%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↑ +210%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↑ +222%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↑ +228%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↑ +427%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↑ +427%
ANTHEM HPN $6,920.23 ↑ +652%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↑ +669%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↑ +785%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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