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Proctosigmoidoscopy ablate 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

$436.80

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$672.00

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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.

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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

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 $65.37 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $73.12 ↓ -83%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $80.86 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $85.12 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $85.48 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $89.38 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $89.38 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $93.63 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $93.63 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $95.54 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $97.49 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.49 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $97.49 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $97.49 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $97.49 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $97.49 ↓ -78%
United Medicare Advantage $97.49 ↓ -78%
Valor All Products $97.49 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $102.36 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $107.24 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $140.50 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $170.76 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $187.39 ↓ -57%
Summacare Preferred $198.88 ↓ -54%
Summacare Premier $205.16 ↓ -53%
OHCP All Products $261.41 ↓ -40%
Aetna Acop $261.94 ↓ -40%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $274.85 ↓ -37%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $293.96 ↓ -33%
Cigna All Products Physician $324.76 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $331.97 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $336.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician $356.82 ↓ -18%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $356.82 ↓ -18%
Optum All Products Transplant $391.78 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $403.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $470.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $470.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $504.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $504.00 ↑ +15%
United HMO & PPO $533.59 ↑ +22%
Aetna Asa $537.60 ↑ +23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $586.32 ↑ +34%
Multiplan All Products $604.80 ↑ +38%
United All Products $631.94 ↑ +45%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $672.00 ↑ +54%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $746.60 ↑ +71%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,533.91 ↑ +480%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,533.91 ↑ +480%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,533.91 ↑ +480%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,533.91 ↑ +480%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,622.60 ↑ +500%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↑ +501%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↑ +501%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↑ +501%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,625.99 ↑ +501%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↑ +501%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,704.77 ↑ +519%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,736.63 ↑ +527%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,836.07 ↑ +549%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,888.59 ↑ +561%
MMO NASCO $4,793.60 ↑ +997%
MMO SuperMed $4,793.60 ↑ +997%
ANTHEM HPN $6,612.77 ↑ +1414%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $6,759.30 ↑ +1447%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $7,779.76 ↑ +1681%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Proctosigmoidoscopy ablate at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $436.80 $1.10 – $2,625.99
mercy hospital Canton $436.80 $1.10 – $2,704.77
avon hospital Avon not published $2,542.31 – $2,888.59
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,435.91 – $2,888.59
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,435.91 – $2,888.59
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,542.31 – $2,888.59
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,435.91 – $2,888.59
lodi hospital Lodi not published $2,742.39 – $2,835.78

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