Glassia injection 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

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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.

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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.

$5.16 with CC EHP vs $2,642.72 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $5.16
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.58
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5.58
OPTUM All Products VA $5.58
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5.58
Valor HMO & PPO $5.69
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.69
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.69
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.69
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.69
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.78
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.86
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.03
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6.15
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6.26
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $6.26
Summacare PREMIER $10.87
Summacare Preferred $10.87
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $11.85
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $12.01
AETNA International $12.56
ANTHEM HPN $14.33
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14.65
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,282.35
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,402.47
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $2,402.47
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,522.59
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,522.59
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,522.59
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,546.62
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,642.72

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Glassia injection at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $26.88 $5.64 – $14.93
Doctors Hospital Columbus $26.88 $5.64 – $14.93
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $0.71 – $3,329.32
avon hospital Avon not published $5.58 – $2,494.39
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $10.87 – $4,627.33
euclid hospital Euclid not published $5.40 – $2,903.78
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $5.40 – $2,727.96
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $5.58 – $2,597.10

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