Optx cranfcl sep w/wiring 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

$2,293.20

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.

$3,528.00

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 $16,592.38 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 $413.61 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $435.13 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $435.38 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $457.15 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $457.15 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $478.92 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $478.92 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $485.11 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $569.02 ↓ -75%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $635.96 ↓ -72%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $646.81 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $646.81 ↓ -72%
United Medicare Advantage $646.81 ↓ -72%
Valor All Products $646.81 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan All Products $646.81 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $646.81 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $646.81 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $646.81 ↓ -72%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $679.15 ↓ -70%
PPHP All Products $711.49 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $896.46 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $950.80 ↓ -59%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $950.80 ↓ -59%
MMO SuperMed $1,202.43 ↓ -48%
MMO NASCO $1,202.43 ↓ -48%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,209.50 ↓ -47%
Summacare Preferred $1,319.49 ↓ -42%
Summacare Premier $1,365.64 ↓ -40%
OHCP All Products $1,372.39 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,739.89 ↓ -24%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,742.83 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,764.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,911.83 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,056.82 ↓ -10%
United All Products $2,060.58 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,116.80 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,414.83 ↑ +5%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,414.83 ↑ +5%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,414.83 ↑ +5%
MMO Traditional $2,469.60 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $2,469.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,646.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $2,646.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,822.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $3,175.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,528.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,594.14 ↑ +57%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,783.30 ↑ +65%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,972.47 ↑ +73%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,972.47 ↑ +73%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,972.47 ↑ +73%
United BH Managed Medicaid $4,010.30 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,161.63 ↑ +81%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +144%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +144%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +144%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +144%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,600.62 ↑ +144%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,768.63 ↑ +152%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,048.66 ↑ +164%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,160.68 ↑ +169%
ANTHEM HPN $14,103.47 ↑ +515%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,415.98 ↑ +529%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,592.38 ↑ +624%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Optx cranfcl sep w/wiring at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,293.20 $1.10 – $5,600.62
mercy hospital Canton $2,293.20 $1.10 – $5,768.63
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $3,949.19 – $6,160.68
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,532.10 – $6,160.68
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