Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

$1,193.40

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.

$1,836.00

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 $4,001.00 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $102.57 ↓ -91%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $107.97 ↓ -91%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $113.37 ↓ -91%
United Managed Medicaid $113.37 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $118.77 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $118.77 ↓ -90%
Oscar All Products $129.34 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $131.51 ↓ -89%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $139.11 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $171.97 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $185.48 ↓ -84%
Valor All Products $185.48 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $185.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $185.48 ↓ -84%
United Medicare Advantage $185.48 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $185.48 ↓ -84%
The Health Plan All Products $185.48 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $185.48 ↓ -84%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $189.81 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $192.20 ↓ -84%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $194.75 ↓ -84%
OHCP All Products $198.00 ↓ -83%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $199.80 ↓ -83%
PPHP All Products $204.03 ↓ -83%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $209.79 ↓ -82%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $209.79 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $209.79 ↓ -82%
United BH Managed Medicaid $211.79 ↓ -82%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $219.78 ↓ -82%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $251.45 ↓ -79%
OMAS All Products $254.50 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $282.97 ↓ -76%
Optum All Products Transplant $296.75 ↓ -75%
PHPHI All Products $305.40 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM HPN $354.33 ↓ -70%
GMS All Products $356.30 ↓ -70%
MMO Traditional $356.30 ↓ -70%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $365.60 ↓ -69%
Summacare Preferred $378.38 ↓ -68%
Consociate Health All Products $381.75 ↓ -68%
Aetna All Products First Health $381.75 ↓ -68%
Aetna Asa $407.20 ↓ -66%
Summacare Premier $412.73 ↓ -65%
Multiplan All Products $458.10 ↓ -62%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $465.87 ↓ -61%
Aetna Acop $497.08 ↓ -58%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $498.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $509.00 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $519.22 ↓ -56%
Cigna All Products Physician $550.47 ↓ -54%
OPTUM All Products VA $565.60 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $565.60 ↓ -53%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $565.60 ↓ -53%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $565.60 ↓ -53%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $585.39 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $587.52 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $587.52 ↓ -51%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $610.84 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $659.12 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $699.22 ↓ -41%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $699.22 ↓ -41%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $699.22 ↓ -41%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $699.22 ↓ -41%
Valor HMO & PPO $699.22 ↓ -41%
Anthem All Products Physician $718.71 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $718.71 ↓ -40%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $720.20 ↓ -40%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $743.58 ↓ -38%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $755.16 ↓ -37%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $769.14 ↓ -36%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $826.20 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $892.30 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $918.00 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $918.82 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $956.56 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $991.44 ↓ -17%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,009.62 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,015.31 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,039.18 ↓ -13%
MMO SuperMed $1,071.62 ↓ -10%
MMO NASCO $1,071.62 ↓ -10%
United All Products $1,088.17 ↓ -9%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,101.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $1,101.60 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,265.46 ↑ +6%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1,266.84 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,285.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,285.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,377.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,377.00 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,468.80 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,652.40 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,652.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,652.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,652.40 ↑ +38%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,799.79 ↑ +51%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,836.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,071.51 ↑ +74%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,453.00 ↑ +106%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↑ +174%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↑ +219%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↑ +235%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $1,305.00 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $1,305.00 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $1,305.00 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $1,305.00 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,193.40 $0.01 – $1,652.40
avon hospital Avon $1,193.40 $0.01 – $1,652.40
euclid hospital Euclid $1,193.40 $0.01 – $1,652.40
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,193.40 $0.01 – $1,652.40

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