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Rapid desensitization 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

$778.05

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.

$1,197.00

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.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $1,252.10 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 $58.56 ↓ -92%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $61.64 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $62.36 ↓ -92%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $64.34 ↓ -92%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $64.72 ↓ -92%
United Managed Medicaid $64.72 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $67.80 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $67.80 ↓ -91%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $81.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $85.78 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.78 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan All Products $85.78 ↓ -89%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $85.78 ↓ -89%
United Medicare Advantage $85.78 ↓ -89%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $85.78 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $85.78 ↓ -89%
Valor All Products $85.78 ↓ -89%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $90.07 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $91.14 ↓ -88%
PPHP All Products $94.36 ↓ -88%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $135.27 ↓ -83%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $168.14 ↓ -78%
Summacare Preferred $174.99 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM HPN $179.17 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $179.84 ↓ -77%
United All Products - Mid-Level $180.09 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $180.19 ↓ -77%
United HMO & PPO $184.98 ↓ -76%
Aetna Acop $190.13 ↓ -76%
Summacare Premier $195.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna All Products Physician $198.68 ↓ -74%
Oscar All Products $204.30 ↓ -74%
United All Products $214.05 ↓ -72%
OHCP All Products $312.76 ↓ -60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $338.51 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Physician $343.55 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $343.55 ↓ -56%
OPTUM All Products VA $368.71 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $368.71 ↓ -53%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $368.71 ↓ -53%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $368.71 ↓ -53%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $381.61 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $383.04 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $383.04 ↓ -51%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $397.18 ↓ -49%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $398.20 ↓ -49%
OMAS All Products $402.00 ↓ -48%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↓ -46%
Valor HMO & PPO $422.64 ↓ -46%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↓ -46%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↓ -46%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.64 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $429.72 ↓ -45%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $435.31 ↓ -44%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $456.45 ↓ -41%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $456.74 ↓ -41%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $464.90 ↓ -40%
Optum All Products Transplant $468.73 ↓ -40%
PHPHI All Products $482.40 ↓ -38%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $484.79 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $538.65 ↓ -31%
MMO Traditional $562.80 ↓ -28%
GMS All Products $562.80 ↓ -28%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $581.74 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $598.50 ↓ -23%
Consociate Health All Products $603.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna All Products First Health $603.00 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $623.64 ↓ -20%
Aetna Asa $643.20 ↓ -17%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $646.38 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $661.94 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $677.50 ↓ -13%
MMO NASCO $680.96 ↓ -12%
MMO SuperMed $680.96 ↓ -12%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $718.20 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $718.20 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $718.20 ↓ -8%
Multiplan All Products $723.60 ↓ -7%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $804.00 ↑ +3%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $825.93 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $837.90 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $837.90 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $837.90 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $837.90 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $897.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $897.75 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $934.86 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $957.60 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,077.30 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,077.30 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,077.30 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,077.30 ↑ +38%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,087.86 ↑ +40%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,197.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,252.10 ↑ +61%
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital
MOLINA Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
UNITED Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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