Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$816.40

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.

$1,256.00

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.

$165.96 with OPTUM vs $1,256.00 with AETNA — 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 $165.96 ↓ -80%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $168.16 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $168.16 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $168.16 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $168.16 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.23 ↓ -79%
Valor HMO & PPO $171.23 ↓ -79%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.23 ↓ -79%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.23 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.23 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.05 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $174.69 ↓ -79%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $174.69 ↓ -79%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $176.37 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $181.62 ↓ -78%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -78%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $184.93 ↓ -77%
United BH Managed Medicaid $185.17 ↓ -77%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $188.35 ↓ -77%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $188.35 ↓ -77%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $192.16 ↓ -76%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $355.20 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $401.92 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $401.92 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $414.48 ↓ -49%
ANTHEM HPN $431.19 ↓ -47%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $440.75 ↓ -46%
Summacare PREMIER $450.90 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $507.29 ↓ -38%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $508.68 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $565.20 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $610.42 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $620.46 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $628.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $654.38 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $678.24 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $694.57 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $710.90 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $753.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $753.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $753.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $866.64 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $879.20 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $879.20 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $879.20 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $879.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $942.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $942.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $980.94 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,004.80 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,130.40 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,130.40 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,130.40 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,130.40 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,256.00 ↑ +54%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $561.89 $441.60 – $566.72
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $816.40 $1.10 – $1,130.40
avon hospital Avon $816.40 $168.72 – $1,130.40
euclid hospital Euclid $816.40 $164.64 – $1,130.40
fairview hospital Cleveland $816.40 $164.64 – $1,130.40
lutheran hospital Cleveland $816.40 $163.10 – $1,130.40
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $816.40 $164.64 – $1,130.40
lodi hospital Lodi $816.40 $182.00 – $1,130.40

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