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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