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Laparoscopy splenectomy 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

$4,438.20

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,828.00

Gross charge

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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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $656.32 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $657.59 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $692.20 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $726.81 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $726.81 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $733.85 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $761.42 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $761.42 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $858.26 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $959.23 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $978.47 ↓ -78%
Valor All Products $978.47 ↓ -78%
United Medicare Advantage $978.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $978.47 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $978.47 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $978.47 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $978.47 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $978.47 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,027.39 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $1,076.32 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,427.70 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,427.70 ↓ -68%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,611.33 ↓ -64%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,696.14 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $1,734.99 ↓ -61%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -60%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,780.95 ↓ -60%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,797.91 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,810.49 ↓ -59%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,865.75 ↓ -58%
Summacare Preferred $1,996.08 ↓ -55%
Summacare Premier $2,059.83 ↓ -54%
United HMO & PPO $2,635.53 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $2,656.09 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,895.98 ↓ -35%
United All Products $3,121.29 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,373.03 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,414.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,626.07 ↓ -18%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,626.07 ↓ -18%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,626.07 ↓ -18%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,980.72 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,096.80 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $4,779.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,779.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,121.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $5,121.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,462.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,145.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,828.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $9,619.76 ↑ +117%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,619.76 ↑ +117%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $9,619.76 ↑ +117%
OPTUM All Products VA $9,619.76 ↑ +117%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,956.45 ↑ +124%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +127%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +127%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +127%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,056.64 ↑ +127%
Valor HMO & PPO $10,056.64 ↑ +127%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,358.34 ↑ +133%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,389.34 ↑ +134%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $10,861.17 ↑ +145%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $11,062.31 ↑ +149%
MMO SuperMed $17,575.94 ↑ +296%
MMO NASCO $17,575.94 ↑ +296%
ANTHEM HPN $25,324.64 ↑ +471%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $25,885.80 ↑ +483%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $29,793.81 ↑ +571%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Laparoscopy splenectomy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,438.20 $1.10 – $10,056.64
mercy hospital Canton $4,438.20 $1.10 – $10,358.34
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,583.52 – $11,062.31
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