Inj, spesolimab-sbzo, 1 mg 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.

$61.43 with HUMANA vs $16,617.81 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
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $61.43
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.43
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $61.43
OPTUM All Products VA $61.43
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.58
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.72
Valor HMO & PPO $65.72
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.72
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.72
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.72
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $66.34
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $67.69
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $70.98
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $72.29
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $72.29
Summacare PREMIER $125.54
Summacare Preferred $125.54
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $132.07
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $138.69
AETNA International $140.06
ANTHEM HPN $165.50
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $169.16
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $14,351.75
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $15,107.10
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $15,107.10
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $15,862.46
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $15,862.46
UNITED Managed Medicaid $15,862.46
United BH Managed Medicaid $16,013.53
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $16,617.81

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Inj, spesolimab-sbzo, 1 mg at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Medical Center Columbus $75,287.97 $65.73 – $166.48
O'Bleness Hospital Athens $75,287.97 $65.73 – $399.30
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $8.22 – $20,935.21
avon hospital Avon not published $61.43 – $15,685.16
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $125.54 – $29,097.34
euclid hospital Euclid not published $60.15 – $18,259.40
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $60.15 – $17,153.79
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $61.43 – $16,330.97

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