Porfimer sodium injection 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

$72,767.76

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.

$111,950.40

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.

$2.17 with AETNA vs $111,950.40 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
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2.17 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $14,351.75 ↓ -80%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $15,107.10 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $15,107.10 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $15,862.46 ↓ -78%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $15,862.46 ↓ -78%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $15,862.46 ↓ -78%
United BH Managed Medicaid $16,013.53 ↓ -78%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $16,617.81 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $23,870.14 ↓ -67%
OPTUM All Products VA $23,870.14 ↓ -67%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $23,870.14 ↓ -67%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23,870.14 ↓ -67%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24,228.42 ↓ -67%
Valor HMO & PPO $24,228.42 ↓ -67%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24,228.42 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24,228.42 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24,228.42 ↓ -67%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24,705.59 ↓ -66%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $24,741.04 ↓ -66%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24,955.27 ↓ -66%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25,779.75 ↓ -65%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $26,166.69 ↓ -64%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $26,651.26 ↓ -63%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $26,651.26 ↓ -63%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $31,659.57 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $35,824.13 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $35,824.13 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $36,943.63 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $40,190.19 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM HPN $43,453.67 ↓ -40%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $44,668.21 ↓ -39%
AETNA Acop $49,817.93 ↓ -32%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $50,377.68 ↓ -31%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $52,091.10 ↓ -28%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $54,407.89 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $55,303.50 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $55,975.20 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $58,326.16 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $60,453.22 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $61,908.57 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $63,363.93 ↓ -13%
AETNA International $63,811.73 ↓ -12%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $67,170.24 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $67,170.24 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $71,779.12 ↓ -1%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $77,245.78 ↑ +6%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $78,365.28 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $78,365.28 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $83,962.80 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $83,962.80 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $89,560.32 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $100,755.36 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $100,755.36 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $100,755.36 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $100,755.36 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $111,950.40 ↑ +54%
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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