Removal kidney open radical 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

$6,190.60

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.

$9,524.00

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 $9,524.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $785.11 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $844.99 ↓ -86%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $984.85 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,026.68 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,036.68 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,088.51 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $1,088.51 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,126.65 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,140.35 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,140.35 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,147.47 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,182.98 ↓ -81%
PPHP All Products $1,239.32 ↓ -80%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,701.20 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,701.20 ↓ -73%
MMO NASCO $2,179.07 ↓ -65%
MMO SuperMed $2,179.07 ↓ -65%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,287.78 ↓ -63%
Summacare Preferred $2,298.37 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $2,420.05 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $2,464.03 ↓ -60%
United HMO & PPO $3,153.05 ↓ -49%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,464.64 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $3,704.84 ↓ -40%
United All Products $3,734.20 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,320.67 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,320.67 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,320.67 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $4,503.79 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,704.86 ↓ -24%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $4,740.83 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $4,762.00 ↓ -23%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $4,977.87 ↓ -20%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,977.87 ↓ -20%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $4,977.87 ↓ -20%
United BH Managed Medicaid $5,025.28 ↓ -19%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $5,214.91 ↓ -16%
Optum All Products Transplant $5,552.49 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $5,714.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $6,666.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $6,666.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $7,143.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $7,143.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $7,619.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $8,571.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $9,524.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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