Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated 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

$1,147.25

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.

$1,765.00

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 $1,765.00 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 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $174.69 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $174.69 ↓ -85%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -84%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $183.42 ↓ -84%
United BH Managed Medicaid $185.17 ↓ -84%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $192.16 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $236.35 ↓ -79%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $236.35 ↓ -79%
OPTUM All Products VA $236.35 ↓ -79%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $236.35 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $244.63 ↓ -79%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.78 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.78 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.78 ↓ -79%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.78 ↓ -79%
Valor HMO & PPO $245.78 ↓ -79%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $253.15 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $255.26 ↓ -78%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $265.44 ↓ -77%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $270.35 ↓ -76%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $270.35 ↓ -76%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $499.14 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $564.80 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $564.80 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $582.45 ↓ -49%
ANTHEM HPN $618.91 ↓ -46%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $632.62 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $633.64 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $714.83 ↓ -38%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $728.13 ↓ -37%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $794.25 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $857.79 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $871.91 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $882.50 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $919.57 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $953.10 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $976.05 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $998.99 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $1,059.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,059.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $1,059.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $1,217.85 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $1,235.50 ↑ +8%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,235.50 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,235.50 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1,235.50 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,323.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,323.75 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,378.47 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $1,412.00 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,588.50 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,588.50 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,588.50 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,588.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,765.00 ↑ +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 irradiated each unit at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $419.56 $507.60 – $651.42
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,147.25 $1.10 – $1,588.50
avon hospital Avon $1,147.25 $177.99 – $1,588.50
euclid hospital Euclid $1,147.25 $182.35 – $1,588.50
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,147.25 $171.31 – $1,588.50
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,147.25 $163.10 – $1,588.50
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $1,147.25 $178.48 – $1,588.50
lodi hospital Lodi $1,147.25 $255.80 – $1,588.50

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