Incision of hip tendon 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

$4,785.30

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.

$7,362.00

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 $7,362.00 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $240.57 ↓ -95%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $244.82 ↓ -95%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $257.71 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $263.04 ↓ -95%
United Managed Medicaid $270.60 ↓ -94%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $270.60 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $283.48 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $283.48 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $314.59 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan All Products $350.72 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $350.72 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $350.72 ↓ -93%
United Medicare Advantage $350.72 ↓ -93%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $350.72 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $350.72 ↓ -93%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $350.72 ↓ -93%
Valor All Products $350.72 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $351.60 ↓ -93%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $368.26 ↓ -92%
PPHP All Products $385.79 ↓ -92%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $524.84 ↓ -89%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $524.84 ↓ -89%
Oscar All Products $583.41 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM HPN $654.81 ↓ -86%
Summacare Preferred $715.47 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $747.83 ↓ -84%
Summacare Premier $755.02 ↓ -84%
OHCP All Products $893.14 ↓ -81%
United HMO & PPO $967.37 ↓ -80%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,062.97 ↓ -78%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,134.22 ↓ -76%
United All Products $1,145.67 ↓ -76%
OMAS All Products $1,148.00 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,332.98 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,332.98 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,332.98 ↓ -72%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,338.57 ↓ -72%
PHPHI All Products $1,377.60 ↓ -71%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,478.75 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,478.75 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,478.75 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,478.75 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,521.28 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,521.28 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,530.50 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,566.92 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,597.05 ↓ -67%
GMS All Products $1,607.20 ↓ -66%
MMO Traditional $1,607.20 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,642.99 ↓ -66%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,673.41 ↓ -65%
Consociate Health All Products $1,722.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,722.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Asa $1,836.80 ↓ -62%
Multiplan All Products $2,066.40 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,081.97 ↓ -56%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,296.00 ↓ -52%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,355.84 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $2,355.84 ↓ -51%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,435.09 ↓ -49%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,563.25 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $2,642.96 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,691.41 ↓ -44%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,691.41 ↓ -44%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,691.41 ↓ -44%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,717.05 ↓ -43%
MMO SuperMed $2,743.55 ↓ -43%
MMO NASCO $2,743.55 ↓ -43%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,819.58 ↓ -41%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,981.61 ↓ -38%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $3,312.90 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $3,577.93 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,681.00 ↓ -23%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↓ -20%
MMO TRADITIONAL $3,835.60 ↓ -20%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $3,915.79 ↓ -18%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $3,975.48 ↓ -17%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $4,071.19 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $4,166.89 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $4,417.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $4,417.20 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $4,506.96 ↓ -6%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $5,079.78 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $5,153.40 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $5,153.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $5,521.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $5,521.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $5,889.60 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $6,625.80 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $6,625.80 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,625.80 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $6,625.80 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $7,362.00 ↑ +54%
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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Incision of hip tendon at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,785.30 $0.01 – $6,625.80
mercy hospital Canton $1,492.40 $1.10 – $2,751.49
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $6,260.80 $1,550.46 – $9,206.00
Berger Hospital Circleville $4,176.90 $1,029.91 – $7,007.00
Grant Medical Center Columbus $6,260.80 $1,550.46 – $9,206.00
Doctors Hospital Columbus $6,260.80 $1,584.37 – $9,206.00
O'Bleness Hospital Athens $4,791.80 $1,535.38 – $1,550.73
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus $6,260.80 $1,550.46 – $9,206.00

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