Interrog&prgrmg ipnss 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

$411.45

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.

$633.00

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 $633.00 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 $18.13 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $19.08 ↓ -95%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $19.08 ↓ -95%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $20.03 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $20.03 ↓ -95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $20.03 ↓ -95%
United BH Managed Medicaid $20.22 ↓ -95%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $20.99 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $24.04 ↓ -94%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $25.53 ↓ -94%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $28.93 ↓ -93%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $31.43 ↓ -92%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $31.97 ↓ -92%
United Managed Medicaid $31.97 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $33.50 ↓ -92%
Molina Managed Medicaid $33.50 ↓ -92%
Valor All Products $34.04 ↓ -92%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $34.04 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $34.04 ↓ -92%
The Health Plan All Products $34.04 ↓ -92%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $34.04 ↓ -92%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.04 ↓ -92%
United Medicare Advantage $34.04 ↓ -92%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $34.04 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.04 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $35.13 ↓ -91%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $35.74 ↓ -91%
PPHP All Products $37.44 ↓ -91%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $51.79 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM HPN $68.77 ↓ -83%
Summacare Preferred $69.44 ↓ -83%
Summacare Premier $75.44 ↓ -82%
OPTUM All Products VA $84.81 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $84.81 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $84.81 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $84.81 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.78 ↓ -79%
Oscar All Products $89.44 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.94 ↓ -78%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.94 ↓ -78%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.94 ↓ -78%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.94 ↓ -78%
Valor HMO & PPO $89.94 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $91.60 ↓ -78%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.64 ↓ -77%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $97.14 ↓ -76%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $98.94 ↓ -76%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $106.03 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $109.42 ↓ -73%
Cigna All Products Physician $125.28 ↓ -70%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $131.54 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Physician $131.54 ↓ -68%
OHCP All Products $136.93 ↓ -67%
MMO SuperMed $164.86 ↓ -60%
MMO NASCO $164.86 ↓ -60%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $173.89 ↓ -58%
OMAS All Products $176.00 ↓ -57%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $179.01 ↓ -56%
United HMO & PPO $186.41 ↓ -55%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $202.56 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $202.56 ↓ -51%
Optum All Products Transplant $205.22 ↓ -50%
PHPHI All Products $211.20 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $227.25 ↓ -45%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $231.52 ↓ -44%
GMS All Products $246.40 ↓ -40%
MMO Traditional $246.40 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $254.03 ↓ -38%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $256.37 ↓ -38%
Consociate Health All Products $264.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna All Products First Health $264.00 ↓ -36%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $266.47 ↓ -35%
United All Products $269.81 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $277.90 ↓ -32%
Aetna Asa $281.60 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $284.85 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $307.64 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $316.50 ↓ -23%
Multiplan All Products $316.80 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $329.79 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $341.82 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $350.05 ↓ -15%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $352.00 ↓ -14%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $358.28 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $379.80 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $379.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $379.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $436.77 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $443.10 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $443.10 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $443.10 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $443.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $474.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $474.75 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $494.37 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $506.40 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $569.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $569.70 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $569.70 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $569.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $633.00 ↑ +54%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —

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