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Laparoscopy excise lesions 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

$3,159.00

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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.

$4,860.00

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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $394.61 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $415.38 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $436.15 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $436.15 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $439.86 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $456.92 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $456.92 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $476.45 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $575.20 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $635.27 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $635.27 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $635.27 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $635.27 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $635.27 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $635.27 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $635.27 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $635.27 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $642.87 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $667.03 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $698.80 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $961.06 ↓ -70%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $961.06 ↓ -70%
Oscar All Products $1,234.93 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,239.10 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $1,295.95 ↓ -59%
Summacare Premier $1,380.47 ↓ -56%
United HMO & PPO $1,776.76 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $1,890.54 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,952.35 ↓ -38%
United All Products $2,104.25 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,211.17 ↓ -30%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,327.55 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $2,400.84 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $2,430.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,440.88 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,440.88 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,440.88 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,443.93 ↓ -23%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,443.93 ↓ -23%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,443.93 ↓ -23%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,467.20 ↓ -22%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,560.31 ↓ -19%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,833.38 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,916.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $3,402.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $3,402.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $3,645.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,645.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $3,888.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $4,374.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $4,860.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,390.83 ↑ +71%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,390.83 ↑ +71%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,390.83 ↑ +71%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,390.83 ↑ +71%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,579.51 ↑ +77%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,719.53 ↑ +81%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +81%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +81%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +81%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +81%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,822.10 ↑ +84%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,891.12 ↑ +86%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,177.10 ↑ +96%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,291.49 ↑ +99%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $9,608.00 ↑ +204%
MMO NASCO $9,852.42 ↑ +212%
MMO SuperMed $9,852.42 ↑ +212%
ANTHEM HPN $14,402.93 ↑ +356%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,722.08 ↑ +366%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,944.69 ↑ +436%
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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Laparoscopy excise lesions at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,159.00 $1.10 – $5,719.53
mercy hospital Canton $3,159.00 $1.10 – $5,891.12
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