Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext 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

$10,552.10

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.

$16,234.00

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 $16,234.00 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 $159.15 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $168.93 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $208.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $225.24 ↓ -98%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $225.24 ↓ -98%
United Medicare Advantage $225.24 ↓ -98%
Valor All Products $225.24 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $225.24 ↓ -98%
The Health Plan All Products $225.24 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $225.24 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $225.24 ↓ -98%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $232.61 ↓ -98%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $236.50 ↓ -98%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $236.84 ↓ -98%
PPHP All Products $247.76 ↓ -98%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $249.30 ↓ -98%
United Managed Medicaid $261.77 ↓ -98%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $261.77 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $274.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $274.23 ↓ -97%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $349.40 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM HPN $450.44 ↓ -96%
Summacare Preferred $459.49 ↓ -96%
Summacare Premier $499.49 ↓ -95%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $536.83 ↓ -95%
Oscar All Products $601.45 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $887.40 ↓ -92%
Anthem All Products Physician $887.40 ↓ -92%
OHCP All Products $920.76 ↓ -91%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,082.41 ↓ -90%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,139.38 ↓ -89%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,169.30 ↓ -89%
OMAS All Products $1,183.50 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,196.35 ↓ -89%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,196.35 ↓ -89%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,196.35 ↓ -89%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,207.74 ↓ -89%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,253.32 ↓ -88%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,379.96 ↓ -87%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $1,410.50 ↓ -87%
PHPHI All Products $1,420.20 ↓ -87%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,508.55 ↓ -86%
Aetna Acop $1,655.11 ↓ -84%
GMS All Products $1,656.90 ↓ -84%
MMO Traditional $1,656.90 ↓ -84%
Cigna All Products Physician $1,666.65 ↓ -84%
Consociate Health All Products $1,775.25 ↓ -83%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,775.25 ↓ -83%
Aetna Asa $1,893.60 ↓ -82%
Multiplan All Products $2,130.30 ↓ -80%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,367.00 ↓ -78%
United HMO & PPO $2,694.84 ↓ -74%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,961.15 ↓ -72%
United All Products $3,191.54 ↓ -70%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,260.78 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $3,260.78 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,260.78 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,260.78 ↓ -69%
AETNA Acop $3,265.00 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,374.91 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,387.33 ↓ -68%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,387.33 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,387.33 ↓ -68%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,387.33 ↓ -68%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,387.33 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,488.95 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,521.64 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,658.32 ↓ -65%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,726.07 ↓ -65%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $3,810.00 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,831.38 ↓ -64%
AETNA International $4,001.00 ↓ -62%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $4,590.98 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $5,194.88 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $5,194.88 ↓ -51%
Summacare PREMIER $5,828.01 ↓ -45%
MMO NASCO $5,906.43 ↓ -44%
MMO SuperMed $5,906.43 ↓ -44%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,574.77 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $7,305.30 ↓ -31%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $7,821.00 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $7,889.72 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $8,117.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $8,457.91 ↓ -20%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,719.00 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $8,766.36 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $8,977.40 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $9,188.44 ↓ -13%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $9,740.40 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $9,740.40 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $10,035.32 ↓ -5%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $11,201.46 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $11,363.80 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $11,363.80 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $12,175.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $12,175.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $12,987.20 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $14,610.60 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $14,610.60 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $14,610.60 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $14,610.60 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $16,234.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $4,116.00 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $5,062.80 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $4,116.00 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $4,116.00 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $5,062.80 not published
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $6,622.80 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $2,860.53 $3,460.80 – $4,614.40
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $10,552.10 $1.10 – $14,610.60

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