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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$608.40

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.

$936.00

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.

$64.26 with ANTHEM vs $936.00 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
ANTHEM HPN $64.26 ↓ -89%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $64.41 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $67.80 ↓ -89%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $67.80 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $71.19 ↓ -88%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $71.19 ↓ -88%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $71.19 ↓ -88%
United BH Managed Medicaid $71.87 ↓ -88%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $74.58 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $187.93 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.93 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $187.93 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $187.93 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.51 ↓ -68%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $202.96 ↓ -67%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.17 ↓ -66%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.17 ↓ -66%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.17 ↓ -66%
Valor HMO & PPO $207.17 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.17 ↓ -66%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $213.38 ↓ -65%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $223.74 ↓ -63%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $227.89 ↓ -63%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $227.89 ↓ -63%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $264.70 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $299.52 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $299.52 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $308.88 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $336.02 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $379.08 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $421.20 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $454.90 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $462.38 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $468.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $487.66 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $505.44 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $517.61 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $529.78 ↓ -13%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $533.25 ↓ -12%
AETNA Acop $561.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $561.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $561.60 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $613.76 ↑ +1%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $645.84 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $655.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $655.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $655.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $655.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $702.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $702.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $731.02 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $748.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $842.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $842.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $842.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $842.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $936.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $608.40 $1.10 – $842.40
avon hospital Avon $608.40 $69.08 – $842.40
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland $608.40 $112.79 – $842.40
euclid hospital Euclid $608.40 $70.55 – $842.40
fairview hospital Cleveland $608.40 $60.26 – $842.40
lutheran hospital Cleveland $608.40 $63.30 – $842.40
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $608.40 $60.26 – $842.40
lodi hospital Lodi $608.40 $108.07 – $842.40

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