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Lap paraesoph her rpr w/mesh 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

$7,826.00

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.

$12,040.00

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 $29,793.81 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $987.04 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,038.99 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,070.88 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,090.94 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $1,090.94 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,142.89 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,142.89 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,185.08 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,400.38 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,565.13 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,580.10 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,659.11 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $1,738.11 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,339.38 ↓ -70%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,339.38 ↓ -70%
Oscar All Products $3,059.36 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $3,101.47 ↓ -60%
Summacare Preferred $3,223.40 ↓ -59%
Summacare Premier $3,360.92 ↓ -57%
United HMO & PPO $4,307.28 ↓ -45%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,428.42 ↓ -43%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,661.49 ↓ -40%
OHCP All Products $4,683.56 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,732.94 ↓ -40%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,894.56 ↓ -37%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,894.56 ↓ -37%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,894.56 ↓ -37%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,941.18 ↓ -37%
United All Products $5,101.17 ↓ -35%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $5,127.64 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,941.53 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,941.53 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,941.53 ↓ -24%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $5,947.76 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $6,020.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $7,019.32 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $7,224.00 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $8,428.00 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $8,428.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $9,030.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $9,030.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $9,608.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,619.76 ↑ +23%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $9,619.76 ↑ +23%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $9,619.76 ↑ +23%
OPTUM All Products VA $9,619.76 ↑ +23%
Aetna Asa $9,632.00 ↑ +23%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,956.45 ↑ +27%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +29%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +29%
Valor HMO & PPO $10,056.64 ↑ +29%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +29%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +29%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,358.34 ↑ +32%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,389.34 ↑ +33%
Multiplan All Products $10,836.00 ↑ +38%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $10,861.17 ↑ +39%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $11,062.31 ↑ +41%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $12,040.00 ↑ +54%
MMO NASCO $17,575.94 ↑ +125%
MMO SuperMed $17,575.94 ↑ +125%
ANTHEM HPN $25,324.64 ↑ +224%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $25,885.80 ↑ +231%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $29,793.81 ↑ +281%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Lap paraesoph her rpr w/mesh at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $7,826.00 $1.10 – $10,836.00
mercy hospital Canton $7,826.00 $1.10 – $10,836.00
avon hospital Avon not published $4,749.39 – $11,062.31
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $7,754.04 – $8,978.37
euclid hospital Euclid not published $4,865.88 – $11,062.31
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $4,571.25 – $11,062.31
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $4,351.98 – $11,062.31
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $4,762.52 – $11,062.31

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