Microdissection laser 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

$337.35

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.

$519.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $519.00 with AETNA — 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
AETNA Acop $0.95 ↓ -100%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $54.37 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $57.23 ↓ -83%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $57.23 ↓ -83%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $60.09 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $60.09 ↓ -82%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.09 ↓ -82%
United BH Managed Medicaid $60.66 ↓ -82%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $62.95 ↓ -81%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.14 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $146.77 ↓ -56%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $155.70 ↓ -54%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $166.08 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $166.08 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $171.27 ↓ -49%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $177.44 ↓ -47%
Summacare PREMIER $186.32 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM HPN $218.18 ↓ -35%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $233.55 ↓ -31%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $247.70 ↓ -27%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $252.23 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $256.39 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $259.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $270.40 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $280.26 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $287.01 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $293.75 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $311.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $311.40 ↓ -8%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $323.99 ↓ -4%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $358.11 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $363.30 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $363.30 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $363.30 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $389.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $389.25 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $415.20 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $467.10 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $467.10 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $467.10 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $467.10 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $519.00 ↑ +54%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —

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