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Remove armpit lymph nodes 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

$3,606.20

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.

$5,548.00

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 $16,944.69 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%
Oscar All Products $377.34 ↓ -90%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $465.42 ↓ -87%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $489.92 ↓ -86%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $514.42 ↓ -86%
United Managed Medicaid $514.42 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $538.91 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $538.91 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $547.91 ↓ -85%
OHCP All Products $577.67 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $615.85 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $716.50 ↓ -80%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $733.59 ↓ -80%
OMAS All Products $742.50 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $800.79 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $821.13 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $821.13 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $821.13 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $821.13 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $821.13 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $821.13 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $821.13 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $821.13 ↓ -77%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $862.19 ↓ -76%
Optum All Products Transplant $865.76 ↓ -76%
PHPHI All Products $891.00 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $903.24 ↓ -75%
GMS All Products $1,039.50 ↓ -71%
MMO Traditional $1,039.50 ↓ -71%
Consociate Health All Products $1,113.75 ↓ -69%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,113.75 ↓ -69%
Aetna Asa $1,188.00 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,189.27 ↓ -67%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,189.27 ↓ -67%
Multiplan All Products $1,336.50 ↓ -63%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,360.39 ↓ -62%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,431.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,485.00 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,498.94 ↓ -58%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,503.59 ↓ -58%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,503.59 ↓ -58%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,503.59 ↓ -58%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,517.91 ↓ -58%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,575.19 ↓ -56%
Summacare Preferred $1,675.11 ↓ -54%
Summacare Premier $1,719.60 ↓ -52%
United HMO & PPO $2,199.30 ↓ -39%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,416.64 ↓ -33%
United All Products $2,604.66 ↓ -28%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,020.49 ↓ -16%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,020.49 ↓ -16%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,020.49 ↓ -16%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,390.83 ↑ +49%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,390.83 ↑ +49%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,390.83 ↑ +49%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,390.83 ↑ +49%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,579.51 ↑ +55%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +59%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,719.53 ↑ +59%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +59%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +59%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,719.53 ↑ +59%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,822.10 ↑ +61%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,891.12 ↑ +63%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,177.10 ↑ +71%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,291.49 ↑ +74%
MMO SuperMed $9,852.42 ↑ +173%
MMO NASCO $9,852.42 ↑ +173%
ANTHEM HPN $14,402.93 ↑ +299%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,722.08 ↑ +308%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,944.69 ↑ +370%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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