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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img 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

$3,992.95

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.

$6,143.00

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 $6,143.00 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $48.13 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $54.69 ↓ -99%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $62.94 ↓ -98%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $67.21 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $70.35 ↓ -98%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $70.75 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $72.92 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $72.92 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan All Products $72.92 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $72.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.92 ↓ -98%
United Medicare Advantage $72.92 ↓ -98%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $72.92 ↓ -98%
Valor All Products $72.92 ↓ -98%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $74.29 ↓ -98%
United Managed Medicaid $74.29 ↓ -98%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $76.57 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $77.83 ↓ -98%
Molina Managed Medicaid $77.83 ↓ -98%
PPHP All Products $79.97 ↓ -98%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $107.61 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM HPN $135.34 ↓ -97%
Summacare Preferred $148.76 ↓ -96%
Summacare Premier $151.06 ↓ -96%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $152.47 ↓ -96%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $169.80 ↓ -96%
Oscar All Products $173.30 ↓ -96%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $181.60 ↓ -95%
Cigna All Products Physician $200.64 ↓ -95%
Aetna Acop $208.84 ↓ -95%
OHCP All Products $265.30 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $273.31 ↓ -93%
Anthem All Products Physician $273.31 ↓ -93%
United HMO & PPO $327.42 ↓ -92%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $336.91 ↓ -92%
OMAS All Products $341.00 ↓ -91%
United All Products - Mid-Level $359.78 ↓ -91%
United All Products $387.77 ↓ -90%
Optum All Products Transplant $397.61 ↓ -90%
PHPHI All Products $409.20 ↓ -90%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $448.90 ↓ -89%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $461.23 ↓ -88%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $472.53 ↓ -88%
GMS All Products $477.40 ↓ -88%
MMO Traditional $477.40 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $496.16 ↓ -88%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $496.16 ↓ -88%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $496.16 ↓ -88%
United BH Managed Medicaid $500.88 ↓ -87%
Aetna All Products First Health $511.50 ↓ -87%
Consociate Health All Products $511.50 ↓ -87%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $519.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna Asa $545.60 ↓ -86%
Multiplan All Products $613.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $682.00 ↓ -83%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $822.61 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $822.61 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $822.61 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $822.61 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↓ -79%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↓ -79%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.78 ↓ -79%
Valor HMO & PPO $836.78 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $851.40 ↓ -79%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $861.88 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $888.42 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $903.72 ↓ -77%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $920.46 ↓ -77%
MMO NASCO $1,555.46 ↓ -61%
MMO SuperMed $1,555.46 ↓ -61%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,737.24 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,965.76 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,965.76 ↓ -51%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,153.87 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $2,205.34 ↓ -45%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↓ -39%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,479.04 ↓ -38%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,487.92 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,764.35 ↓ -31%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↓ -28%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,985.50 ↓ -25%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $3,071.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $3,200.50 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $3,317.22 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $3,397.08 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $3,476.94 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $3,685.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $3,685.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $3,728.00 ↓ -7%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $4,238.67 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $4,300.10 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $4,300.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $4,607.25 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $4,607.25 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $4,914.40 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,528.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $5,528.70 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $5,528.70 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $5,528.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $6,143.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
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lutheran hospital Cleveland $3,992.95 $0.01 – $5,528.70
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