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Proton treatment complex 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.

$785.65 with OPTUM vs $3,502.83 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
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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 $785.65
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $827.00
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $827.00
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $868.35
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $868.35
UNITED Managed Medicaid $868.35
United BH Managed Medicaid $876.62
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $909.70
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,178.55
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,178.55
OPTUM All Products VA $1,178.55
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,178.55
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,182.35
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,182.35
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,182.35
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,182.35
Valor HMO & PPO $1,182.35
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,217.82
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,219.79
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,272.83
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,276.94
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,300.59
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1,300.59
ANTHEM HPN $2,977.40
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $3,043.37
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,502.83

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Proton treatment complex at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $7,211.25 $1,182.35 – $2,128.23
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $989.77 – $1,300.59
avon hospital Avon not published $842.59 – $1,300.59
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,375.65 – $1,592.86
euclid hospital Euclid not published $863.26 – $1,300.59
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $810.99 – $1,300.59
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $772.08 – $1,300.59
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $844.92 – $1,300.59

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