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Lap esophageal lengthening addl 43283 at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$843.70
Cash price 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.
$1,298.00
Gross charge 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 $5,127.64 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $96.82 | ↓ -89% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $101.25 | ↓ -88% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $105.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $106.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $111.91 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $111.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $117.24 | ↓ -86% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $117.24 | ↓ -86% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $126.61 | ↓ -85% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Valor | All Products | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $140.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $141.50 | ↓ -83% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $148.04 | ↓ -82% |
| PPHP | All Products | $155.09 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $212.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $212.49 | ↓ -75% |
| MMO | NASCO | $270.59 | ↓ -68% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $270.59 | ↓ -68% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $287.62 | ↓ -66% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $288.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Summacare | Premier | $303.86 | ↓ -64% |
| Oscar | All Products | $329.82 | ↓ -61% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $391.07 | ↓ -54% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $429.71 | ↓ -49% |
| United | All Products | $463.15 | ↓ -45% |
| OHCP | All Products | $504.92 | ↓ -40% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $539.66 | ↓ -36% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $539.66 | ↓ -36% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $539.66 | ↓ -36% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $641.21 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $649.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $756.73 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $778.80 | ↓ -8% |
| GMS | All Products | $908.60 | ↑ +8% |
| MMO | Traditional | $908.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $973.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $973.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Asa | $1,038.40 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $1,168.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $1,298.00 | ↑ +54% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $4,428.42 | ↑ +425% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $4,661.49 | ↑ +453% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $4,894.56 | ↑ +480% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $4,894.56 | ↑ +480% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $4,894.56 | ↑ +480% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $4,941.18 | ↑ +486% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $5,127.64 | ↑ +508% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
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Lap esophageal lengthening addl 43283 at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $843.70 | $1.10 – $6,459.83 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $843.70 | $1.10 – $5,003.81 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $4,749.39 – $4,839.86 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $7,754.04 – $8,978.37 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $4,865.88 – $5,634.18 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $4,571.25 – $5,293.02 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $4,351.98 – $5,039.13 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $4,762.52 – $5,514.50 |