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Parathyrdec/expl parathyr medstnl sternal/tthrc 60505 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

$5,995.60

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.

$9,224.00

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 $9,224.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $856.71 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $882.92 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $945.50 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $995.26 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,045.02 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $1,045.02 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,094.79 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,094.79 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,120.31 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,177.23 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,236.09 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,252.11 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $1,294.95 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,882.52 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,882.52 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $2,343.82 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $2,401.55 ↓ -60%
MMO NASCO $2,403.07 ↓ -60%
MMO SuperMed $2,403.07 ↓ -60%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,426.01 ↓ -60%
Summacare Premier $2,688.74 ↓ -55%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,424.10 ↓ -43%
United HMO & PPO $3,476.95 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $3,588.14 ↓ -40%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,604.32 ↓ -40%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,784.54 ↓ -37%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,784.54 ↓ -37%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,784.54 ↓ -37%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,820.56 ↓ -36%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,820.58 ↓ -36%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,964.75 ↓ -34%
United All Products $4,117.80 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,556.66 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $4,612.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,781.21 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,781.21 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,781.21 ↓ -20%
Optum All Products Transplant $5,377.59 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $5,534.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $6,456.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $6,456.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,918.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $6,918.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $7,379.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $8,301.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $9,224.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Parathyrdec/expl parathyr medstnl sternal/tthrc 60505 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,995.60 $1.10 – $8,301.60
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