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Lap ing hernia repair init 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

$1,653.60

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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.

$2,544.00

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 $16,944.69 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%
Oscar All Products $173.30 ↓ -90%
OHCP All Products $265.30 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $269.20 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $291.85 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $307.21 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $309.39 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $322.57 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $322.57 ↓ -80%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $336.91 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $337.93 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $337.93 ↓ -80%
OMAS All Products $341.00 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $352.03 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $393.44 ↓ -76%
Optum All Products Transplant $397.61 ↓ -76%
PHPHI All Products $409.20 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $412.52 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $412.52 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $412.52 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $412.52 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $412.52 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $412.52 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $412.52 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $412.52 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $433.15 ↓ -74%
PPHP All Products $447.28 ↓ -73%
GMS All Products $477.40 ↓ -71%
MMO Traditional $477.40 ↓ -71%
Aetna All Products First Health $511.50 ↓ -69%
Consociate Health All Products $511.50 ↓ -69%
Aetna Asa $545.60 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $583.24 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $583.24 ↓ -65%
Multiplan All Products $613.80 ↓ -63%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $682.00 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $725.04 ↓ -56%
Summacare Preferred $841.54 ↓ -49%
Summacare Premier $844.87 ↓ -49%
United HMO & PPO $1,079.26 ↓ -35%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,185.92 ↓ -28%
United All Products $1,278.18 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,481.30 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,481.30 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,481.30 ↓ -10%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,934.06 ↑ +17%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,035.85 ↑ +23%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,137.64 ↑ +29%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,137.64 ↑ +29%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,137.64 ↑ +29%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,158.00 ↑ +31%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,239.44 ↑ +35%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,390.83 ↑ +226%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,390.83 ↑ +226%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,390.83 ↑ +226%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,390.83 ↑ +226%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,579.51 ↑ +237%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +246%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +246%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +246%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,719.53 ↑ +246%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +246%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,822.10 ↑ +252%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,891.12 ↑ +256%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,177.10 ↑ +274%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,291.49 ↑ +280%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $9,608.00 ↑ +481%
MMO NASCO $9,852.42 ↑ +496%
MMO SuperMed $9,852.42 ↑ +496%
ANTHEM HPN $14,402.93 ↑ +771%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,722.08 ↑ +790%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,944.69 ↑ +925%
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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Lap ing hernia repair init at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,653.60 $1.10 – $5,719.53
mercy hospital Canton $1,653.60 $1.10 – $5,891.12
avon hospital Avon not published $2,074.24 – $6,291.49
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,386.48 – $3,921.19
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,125.11 – $6,291.49
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,996.43 – $6,291.49
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,900.67 – $6,291.49
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,079.97 – $6,291.49

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