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Remove spinal lamina add-on 63048 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

$992.55

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.

$1,527.00

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 $3,503.79 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $130.56 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $138.98 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $170.73 ↓ -83%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $176.38 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $185.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $185.31 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $185.31 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan All Products $185.31 ↓ -81%
United Medicare Advantage $185.31 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $185.31 ↓ -81%
Valor All Products $185.31 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $185.31 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $185.66 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $190.82 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $194.58 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $194.94 ↓ -80%
United Managed Medicaid $194.94 ↓ -80%
PPHP All Products $203.84 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $204.23 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $204.23 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $284.67 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $284.67 ↓ -71%
Summacare Preferred $378.03 ↓ -62%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $382.41 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $388.01 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $409.75 ↓ -59%
United HMO & PPO $524.87 ↓ -47%
United All Products - Mid-Level $576.74 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $594.00 ↓ -40%
United All Products $621.61 ↓ -37%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $722.96 ↓ -27%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $722.96 ↓ -27%
Anthem All Products Physician $722.96 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $754.34 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $763.50 ↓ -23%
MMO SuperMed $824.58 ↓ -17%
MMO NASCO $824.58 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $890.24 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $916.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $1,068.90 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,068.90 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,145.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,145.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,221.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,374.30 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,527.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,026.00 ↑ +205%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,185.26 ↑ +221%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↑ +237%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↑ +237%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↑ +237%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,376.38 ↑ +240%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,503.79 ↑ +253%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $992.55 $1.10 – $10,364.00
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