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Lam facetec & foramot lumbar 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

$4,395.95

Cash price

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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.

$6,763.00

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 $20,338.07 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 $689.62 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $777.74 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $817.74 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $860.78 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $901.81 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $903.82 ↓ -79%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $903.82 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $946.86 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $946.86 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,007.90 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
Valor All Products $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,036.98 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,088.83 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $1,140.68 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,496.74 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,496.74 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $1,718.48 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,918.84 ↓ -56%
Summacare Preferred $2,115.44 ↓ -52%
Summacare Premier $2,164.34 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $2,630.81 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $2,766.09 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,026.00 ↓ -31%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,039.44 ↓ -31%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,185.26 ↓ -28%
United All Products $3,275.91 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,340.92 ↓ -24%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↓ -24%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↓ -24%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,376.38 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $3,381.50 ↓ -23%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,503.79 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,801.43 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,801.43 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,801.43 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,942.83 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,057.80 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $4,734.10 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $4,734.10 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $5,072.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,072.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,410.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,086.70 ↑ +38%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +50%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +50%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +50%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,763.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +55%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +56%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +56%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +56%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +56%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +56%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +61%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +62%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +69%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +72%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +178%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +178%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +293%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +302%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +363%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Lam facetec & foramot lumbar at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,395.95 $1.10 – $6,864.94
mercy hospital Canton $4,395.95 $1.10 – $7,070.89
avon hospital Avon not published $3,245.32 – $7,551.43
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $5,298.44 – $6,135.03
euclid hospital Euclid not published $3,324.91 – $7,551.43
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $3,123.59 – $7,551.43
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,973.77 – $7,551.43
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $3,254.29 – $7,551.43

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