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Kidney endoscopy & treatment 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

$1,970.80

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.

$3,032.00

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 $15,028.30 with ANTHEM — 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 $240.23 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $256.84 ↓ -87%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $273.42 ↓ -86%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $287.81 ↓ -85%
United Managed Medicaid $302.20 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $302.20 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $314.15 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $316.59 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $316.59 ↓ -84%
Valor All Products $342.45 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan All Products $342.45 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $342.45 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $342.45 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $342.45 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $342.45 ↓ -83%
United Medicare Advantage $342.45 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $342.45 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $351.11 ↓ -82%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $359.57 ↓ -82%
PPHP All Products $376.70 ↓ -81%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $520.60 ↓ -74%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $587.79 ↓ -70%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $628.64 ↓ -68%
Aetna Acop $670.17 ↓ -66%
Cigna All Products Physician $694.53 ↓ -65%
Summacare Preferred $698.60 ↓ -65%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $709.68 ↓ -64%
Summacare Premier $753.96 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $770.43 ↓ -61%
United HMO & PPO $1,170.48 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $1,179.45 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,286.15 ↓ -35%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,322.20 ↓ -33%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,322.20 ↓ -33%
United All Products $1,386.21 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,497.81 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,516.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,596.64 ↓ -19%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,680.64 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,767.66 ↓ -10%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,769.09 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,819.20 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,857.54 ↓ -6%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,857.54 ↓ -6%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,857.54 ↓ -6%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,875.24 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,946.00 ↓ -1%
GMS All Products $2,122.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,122.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,274.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,274.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,425.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,728.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,032.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA $4,697.16 ↑ +138%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,697.16 ↑ +138%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $4,697.16 ↑ +138%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $4,697.16 ↑ +138%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,861.56 ↑ +147%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,072.67 ↑ +157%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,072.67 ↑ +157%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,072.67 ↑ +157%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,072.67 ↑ +157%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,072.67 ↑ +157%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,072.94 ↑ +157%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,224.85 ↑ +165%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $5,478.49 ↑ +178%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $5,579.94 ↑ +183%
MMO SuperMed $8,834.56 ↑ +348%
MMO NASCO $8,834.56 ↑ +348%
ANTHEM HPN $12,774.00 ↑ +548%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $13,057.06 ↑ +563%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $15,028.30 ↑ +663%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,970.80 $1.10 – $5,072.67
mercy hospital Canton $1,970.80 $1.10 – $5,224.85
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