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Osteochondral knee allograft 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

$5,200.00

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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.

$8,000.00

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 $35,984.87 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 $847.59 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $918.73 ↓ -82%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $977.86 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,029.33 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $1,080.80 ↓ -79%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,080.80 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,108.39 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,132.26 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,132.26 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
Valor All Products $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,224.97 ↓ -76%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,238.79 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,286.22 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $1,347.47 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,836.77 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,836.77 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $2,032.80 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,366.00 ↓ -55%
Summacare Preferred $2,498.94 ↓ -52%
Summacare Premier $2,660.14 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $3,112.00 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $3,395.27 ↓ -35%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,451.33 ↓ -34%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,632.98 ↓ -30%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,730.81 ↓ -28%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,814.63 ↓ -27%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,814.63 ↓ -27%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,814.63 ↓ -27%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,850.96 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,952.00 ↓ -24%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,996.28 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $4,000.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $4,021.07 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,664.00 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,665.02 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,665.02 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,665.02 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,800.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $5,600.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $5,600.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $6,000.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,000.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,400.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $7,200.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $8,000.00 ↑ +54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $11,888.68 ↑ +129%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $11,888.68 ↑ +129%
OPTUM All Products VA $11,888.68 ↑ +129%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,888.68 ↑ +129%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +134%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +134%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +134%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,146.38 ↑ +134%
Valor HMO & PPO $12,146.38 ↑ +134%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,304.79 ↑ +137%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,510.77 ↑ +141%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,839.78 ↑ +147%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $13,118.09 ↑ +152%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $13,361.02 ↑ +157%
MMO SuperMed $22,471.68 ↑ +332%
MMO NASCO $22,471.68 ↑ +332%
ANTHEM HPN $30,587.02 ↑ +488%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $31,264.79 ↑ +501%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $35,984.87 ↑ +592%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Osteochondral knee allograft at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,200.00 $1.10 – $12,146.38
mercy hospital Canton $5,200.00 $1.10 – $12,510.77
avon hospital Avon not published $3,701.48 – $13,361.02
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $6,043.19 – $6,997.38
euclid hospital Euclid not published $3,792.27 – $13,361.02
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $3,562.64 – $13,361.02
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,391.76 – $13,361.02
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $3,711.72 – $13,361.02

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