Inner skull vessel surgery 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

$15,610.40

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.

$24,016.00

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 $24,016.00 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%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $872.27 ↓ -94%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $918.18 ↓ -94%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $918.18 ↓ -94%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $964.09 ↓ -94%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $964.09 ↓ -94%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $964.09 ↓ -94%
United BH Managed Medicaid $973.27 ↓ -94%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,010.00 ↓ -94%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,283.22 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $2,516.30 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $2,523.56 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $2,523.56 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $2,643.73 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $2,643.73 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $2,815.03 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $3,290.55 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $3,677.67 ↓ -76%
Valor All Products $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3,753.37 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $3,941.04 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $4,128.71 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $5,493.88 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $5,493.88 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $6,102.47 ↓ -61%
MMO NASCO $6,997.76 ↓ -55%
MMO SuperMed $6,997.76 ↓ -55%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $7,139.15 ↓ -54%
Summacare Preferred $7,656.87 ↓ -51%
Summacare Premier $7,897.31 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $9,342.22 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $10,123.91 ↓ -35%
United All Products - Mid-Level $11,124.39 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $11,863.90 ↓ -24%
United All Products $11,989.88 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $12,008.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $13,953.31 ↓ -11%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $13,953.31 ↓ -11%
Anthem All Products Physician $13,953.31 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $14,001.33 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $14,409.60 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $16,811.20 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $16,811.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $18,012.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $18,012.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $19,212.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $21,614.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $24,016.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS 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

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $15,610.40 $1.10 – $21,614.40
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