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Prepare embryo for transfer 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

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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.

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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.

$19.72 with OPTUM vs $692.88 with CC EHP — 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $19.72
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $20.76
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $20.76
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $21.80
UNITED Managed Medicaid $21.80
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $21.80
United BH Managed Medicaid $22.01
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $22.84
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30
Valor HMO & PPO $49.30
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $49.37
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.37
OPTUM All Products VA $49.37
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $49.37
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.78
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.10
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $53.25
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.32
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $54.23
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $54.23
AETNA International $104.91
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $111.96
ANTHEM HPN $124.15
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $126.90
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $146.06
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $692.88

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Prepare embryo for transfer at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $455.00 $24.85 – $692.88
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $219.00 $49.30 – $88.74
avon hospital Avon not published $21.16 – $641.49
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $34.54 – $40.00
euclid hospital Euclid not published $21.67 – $641.49
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $20.36 – $641.49
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $19.38 – $641.49
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $21.21 – $641.49

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