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Radical resection of elbow 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

$4,639.05

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,137.00

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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 $20,338.07 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $720.11 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $729.29 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $758.01 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $792.47 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $795.91 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $795.91 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $833.81 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $833.81 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $953.68 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,056.63 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,065.88 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,109.46 ↓ -76%
PPHP All Products $1,162.29 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,578.26 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,578.26 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $1,813.51 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,000.15 ↓ -57%
Summacare Preferred $2,155.53 ↓ -54%
Summacare Premier $2,288.84 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $2,776.29 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $2,922.38 ↓ -37%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,211.18 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,304.21 ↓ -29%
United All Products $3,461.01 ↓ -25%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,478.12 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,525.68 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,568.50 ↓ -23%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,652.03 ↓ -21%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,652.03 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,652.03 ↓ -21%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,686.81 ↓ -21%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,825.93 ↓ -18%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,008.46 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,008.46 ↓ -14%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,008.46 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,160.87 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,282.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $4,995.90 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $4,995.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,352.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $5,352.75 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,709.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,423.30 ↑ +38%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +42%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +42%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +42%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +42%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +47%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +48%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +48%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +48%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +48%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +48%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +52%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +54%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $7,137.00 ↑ +54%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +60%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +63%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +163%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +163%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +273%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +281%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +338%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Radical resection of elbow at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,639.05 $1.10 – $6,864.94
mercy hospital Canton $4,639.05 $1.10 – $7,070.89
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $3,630.62 – $7,551.43
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,247.19 – $7,551.43
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