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Placement of seton at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$531.70
Cash price 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.
$818.00
Gross charge 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 $7,779.76 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $71.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $81.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $94.15 | ↓ -82% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $105.22 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Valor | All Products | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $108.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $112.43 | ↓ -79% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $113.59 | ↓ -79% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $118.35 | ↓ -78% |
| PPHP | All Products | $119.00 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $124.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $124.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $130.19 | ↓ -76% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $130.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Oscar | All Products | $136.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $155.87 | ↓ -71% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $155.87 | ↓ -71% |
| OHCP | All Products | $209.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $220.69 | ↓ -58% |
| Summacare | Premier | $225.95 | ↓ -58% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $265.77 | ↓ -50% |
| OMAS | All Products | $269.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $288.33 | ↓ -46% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $313.65 | ↓ -41% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $316.82 | ↓ -40% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $322.80 | ↓ -39% |
| United | All Products | $341.47 | ↓ -36% |
| GMS | All Products | $376.60 | ↓ -29% |
| MMO | Traditional | $376.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Acop | $385.18 | ↓ -28% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $385.19 | ↓ -28% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $395.90 | ↓ -26% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $395.90 | ↓ -26% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $395.90 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $403.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $403.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Asa | $430.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $484.20 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $538.00 | ↑ +1% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $863.18 | ↑ +62% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $908.61 | ↑ +71% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $954.04 | ↑ +79% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $954.04 | ↑ +79% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $954.04 | ↑ +79% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $963.13 | ↑ +81% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $999.47 | ↑ +88% |
| OPTUM | All Products VA | $2,533.91 | ↑ +377% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,533.91 | ↑ +377% |
| MMO | Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO | $2,533.91 | ↑ +377% |
| HUMANA | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2,533.91 | ↑ +377% |
| The Health Plan | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,622.60 | ↑ +393% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,625.99 | ↑ +394% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,625.99 | ↑ +394% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,625.99 | ↑ +394% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $2,625.99 | ↑ +394% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,625.99 | ↑ +394% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,704.77 | ↑ +409% |
| Perennial Health | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,736.63 | ↑ +415% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $2,836.07 | ↑ +433% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,888.59 | ↑ +443% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $4,793.60 | ↑ +802% |
| MMO | NASCO | $4,793.60 | ↑ +802% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $6,612.77 | ↑ +1144% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,759.30 | ↑ +1171% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $7,779.76 | ↑ +1363% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Placement of seton at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $8,199.75 | $1.10 – $11,353.50 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $531.70 | $1.10 – $2,704.77 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $925.74 – $2,888.59 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $1,511.41 – $1,750.06 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $948.45 – $2,888.59 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $891.02 – $2,888.59 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $848.28 – $2,888.59 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $928.31 – $2,888.59 |