Release spinal cord lumbar at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$6,132.10
Cash price 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.
$9,434.00
Gross charge 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 $9,434.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing Health | Medicare Advantage | $1.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $855.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $901.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $946.06 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $946.06 | ↓ -85% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Lower Level | $971.98 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $991.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $991.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $1,123.07 | ↓ -82% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $1,271.06 | ↓ -79% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $1,420.59 | ↓ -77% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Valor | All Products | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $1,497.42 | ↓ -76% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $1,572.29 | ↓ -74% |
| PPHP | All Products | $1,614.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $2,079.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $2,079.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Oscar | All Products | $2,397.18 | ↓ -61% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $2,673.66 | ↓ -56% |
| MMO | NASCO | $2,673.66 | ↓ -56% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $2,681.80 | ↓ -56% |
| Summacare | Premier | $3,050.53 | ↓ -50% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $3,054.74 | ↓ -50% |
| OHCP | All Products | $3,669.83 | ↓ -40% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $3,867.59 | ↓ -37% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $4,249.79 | ↓ -31% |
| United | All Products | $4,580.43 | ↓ -25% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $4,660.40 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $4,717.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $5,282.18 | ↓ -14% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $5,282.18 | ↓ -14% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $5,282.18 | ↓ -14% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $5,500.02 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $5,660.40 | ↓ -8% |
| MMO | Traditional | $6,603.80 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | All Products | $6,603.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $7,075.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $7,075.50 | ↑ +15% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $7,403.35 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Asa | $7,547.20 | ↑ +23% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $7,793.00 | ↑ +27% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $8,182.65 | ↑ +33% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $8,182.65 | ↑ +33% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $8,182.65 | ↑ +33% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $8,260.58 | ↑ +35% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $8,490.60 | ↑ +38% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $8,572.30 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $9,434.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Release spinal cord lumbar at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $6,132.10 | $1.10 – $10,799.44 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $6,132.10 | $1.10 – $8,490.60 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $7,939.95 – $8,091.19 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $12,963.06 – $15,009.86 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $8,134.69 – $9,419.11 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $7,642.13 – $8,848.79 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $7,275.57 – $8,424.34 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $7,961.90 – $9,219.05 |