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Remove ear canal lesion(s) 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

$702.00

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,080.00

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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 $8,141.48 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $126.08 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $132.72 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $139.36 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $139.36 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $145.99 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $145.99 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $154.69 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $169.89 ↓ -76%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $202.28 ↓ -71%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $226.08 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $226.52 ↓ -68%
Valor All Products $226.52 ↓ -68%
United Medicare Advantage $226.52 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $226.52 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $226.52 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan All Products $226.52 ↓ -68%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $226.52 ↓ -68%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $226.52 ↓ -68%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $237.85 ↓ -66%
PPHP All Products $249.17 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $274.43 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $340.71 ↓ -51%
OHCP All Products $420.12 ↓ -40%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $427.10 ↓ -39%
Summacare Preferred $462.10 ↓ -34%
Summacare Premier $485.48 ↓ -31%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $502.93 ↓ -28%
Aetna Acop $528.46 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $533.52 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $537.88 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $540.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna All Products Physician $594.26 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $629.64 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $648.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $756.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $756.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $810.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $810.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $864.00 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $865.32 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Physician $865.32 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $972.00 ↑ +38%
United HMO & PPO $984.20 ↑ +40%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,080.00 ↑ +54%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,081.46 ↑ +54%
United All Products $1,165.60 ↑ +66%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,237.01 ↑ +76%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,302.12 ↑ +85%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,366.11 ↑ +95%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,367.23 ↑ +95%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,367.23 ↑ +95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,367.23 ↑ +95%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,380.25 ↑ +97%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,432.33 ↑ +104%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,644.48 ↑ +277%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,644.48 ↑ +277%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,644.48 ↑ +277%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,644.48 ↑ +277%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,737.03 ↑ +290%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +291%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +291%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +291%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,748.08 ↑ +291%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,748.08 ↑ +291%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,830.53 ↑ +303%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,856.04 ↑ +307%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,967.93 ↑ +323%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,022.89 ↑ +331%
MMO SuperMed $4,850.94 ↑ +591%
MMO NASCO $4,850.94 ↑ +591%
ANTHEM HPN $6,920.23 ↑ +886%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,073.57 ↑ +908%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $8,141.48 ↑ +1060%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Remove ear canal lesion(s) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $702.00 $1.10 – $2,748.08
mercy hospital Canton $702.00 $1.10 – $2,830.53
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University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $3,293.25 $2,748.08 – $4,946.55

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