Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid 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

$3,454.10

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.

$5,314.00

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 $8,566.00 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 $127.11 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $133.81 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $166.22 ↓ -95%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $176.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $178.41 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $178.41 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $178.41 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $178.41 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $178.41 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $178.41 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products $178.41 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $178.41 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $185.77 ↓ -95%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $186.20 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $187.33 ↓ -95%
United Managed Medicaid $195.51 ↓ -94%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $195.51 ↓ -94%
PPHP All Products $196.25 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $204.82 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $204.82 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $282.19 ↓ -92%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $282.19 ↓ -92%
MMO SuperMed $354.82 ↓ -90%
MMO NASCO $354.82 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM HPN $357.97 ↓ -90%
Summacare Preferred $363.96 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $385.79 ↓ -89%
Summacare Premier $398.92 ↓ -88%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $403.46 ↓ -88%
Oscar All Products $479.74 ↓ -86%
United HMO & PPO $513.37 ↓ -85%
United All Products - Mid-Level $564.10 ↓ -84%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $603.71 ↓ -83%
United All Products $607.99 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $635.48 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $667.25 ↓ -81%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $667.25 ↓ -81%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $667.25 ↓ -81%
United BH Managed Medicaid $673.61 ↓ -80%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $699.03 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Physician $716.71 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $716.71 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $716.71 ↓ -79%
OHCP All Products $734.43 ↓ -79%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $932.67 ↓ -73%
OMAS All Products $944.00 ↓ -73%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,100.70 ↓ -68%
PHPHI All Products $1,132.80 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,158.45 ↓ -66%
GMS All Products $1,321.60 ↓ -62%
MMO Traditional $1,321.60 ↓ -62%
Consociate Health All Products $1,416.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,416.00 ↓ -59%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,502.80 ↓ -56%
Aetna Asa $1,510.40 ↓ -56%
Multiplan All Products $1,699.20 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,700.48 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,700.48 ↓ -51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,888.00 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $1,907.73 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,152.17 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $2,391.30 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,582.60 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,657.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $2,768.59 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $2,869.56 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,938.64 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $3,007.72 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $3,188.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $3,188.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $3,666.66 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $3,719.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,719.80 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $3,719.80 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $3,719.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,985.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,985.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $4,251.20 ↑ +23%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $4,782.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $4,782.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,782.60 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $4,782.60 ↑ +38%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $4,831.00 ↑ +40%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $5,314.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Acop $8,566.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
Perennial Health 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 —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —

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Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at other Ohio hospitals

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