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Partial complicated cystectomy 51555 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

$6,026.80

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.

$9,272.00

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 $9,272.00 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 $773.70 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $834.08 ↓ -86%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $878.16 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $924.38 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $970.60 ↓ -84%
United Managed Medicaid $970.60 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,011.76 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,016.82 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,016.82 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,112.10 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,130.79 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,167.71 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $1,223.31 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,672.31 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,672.31 ↓ -72%
MMO SuperMed $2,148.61 ↓ -64%
MMO NASCO $2,148.61 ↓ -64%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,248.18 ↓ -63%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,260.56 ↓ -62%
Summacare Preferred $2,268.68 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $2,356.02 ↓ -61%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,366.50 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $2,428.23 ↓ -60%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,484.83 ↓ -59%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,484.83 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,484.83 ↓ -59%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,508.49 ↓ -58%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,603.15 ↓ -57%
United HMO & PPO $3,107.10 ↓ -48%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,414.15 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $3,606.81 ↓ -40%
United All Products $3,679.78 ↓ -39%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,247.31 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,247.31 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,247.31 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,580.37 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $4,636.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $5,405.58 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $5,563.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $6,490.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $6,490.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $6,954.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,954.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $7,417.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $8,344.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $9,272.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Partial complicated cystectomy 51555 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $6,026.80 $1.10 – $8,344.80
mercy hospital Canton $6,026.80 $1.10 – $8,344.80
avon hospital Avon not published $2,411.13 – $2,457.05
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,936.50 – $4,558.05
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,470.26 – $2,860.30
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,320.68 – $2,687.10
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,209.37 – $2,558.22
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,417.79 – $2,799.54

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